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# flatterer

noun (plural flatterers)

«flatterer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatterer/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a bad character who tells a ruler what he or she wants to hear

### Examples

- Alas, he was led away by flatterers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatterer/#x1)
- This just shows me how sensible I have been in never listening to flatterers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatterer/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flatterer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatterer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flatterer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flatterer.html) on Mova free.