FLATTER

v. 1 butter up, play up to, compliment, praise, fawn (on or upon), toady to, truckle to, court, curry favour with, Colloq flannel, soft-soap, oil; Slang shine or suck up to, boot-lick, Taboo kiss (someone's) arse, brown-nose Flattering the boss won't get you a salary increase 2 enhance, complement, suit, show to advantage That colour flatters her complexion 3 cajole, wheedle, coax, inveigle, beguile, sweet-talk He was flattered into signing that contract