noun
flattering speech or attentions
flattery will get you nowhere
Synonyms: adulation, blandishment, blarney, incense, oil, soft soap
Related Word: compliments; laud, laudation, praise; cajolery, coaxing, wheedling; fulsomeness, unctuousness; bootlicking, fawning, ingratiation, obsequiousness, sycophancy, toadying, truckling
Idioms: honeyed words
Contrasted words: censure, condemnation, criticism, reprehension, reprobation; castigation, excoriation; aspersion, insult; contempt, disdain, scorn; belittling, depreciation, derogation, detraction, disparagement