Tâng bốc, xu nịnh, bợ đỡ; làm cho hãnh diện, làm cho thoả mãn tính hư danh

Tôn lên

this photograph flatters her

bức ảnh này tôn vẻ đẹp của cô ta lên

Làm cho (ai) hy vọng hão

Don't flatter yourself that he will forgive you

Đừng hy vọng hão là hắn sẽ tha thứ cho anh

Làm khoái; làm đẹp (mắt), làm vui (tai...)

to flatter oneself that

tự hào là, lấy làm hãnh diện là

he flattered himself that he was the best student of the class

anh ta tự hào là học sinh giỏi nhất lớp

(kỹ thuật) búa đàn

bàn là

búa là

đá liếc dao

máy dát phẳng

Butter up, play up to, compliment, praise, fawn (on orupon), toady to, truckle to, court, curry favour with, Colloqflannel, soft-soap, oil; Slang shine or suck up to, boot-lick,Taboo kiss (someone's) arse, brown-nose: Flattering the bosswon't get you a salary increase.

Enhance, complement, suit,show to advantage: That colour flatters her complexion.

Cajole, wheedle, coax, inveigle, beguile, sweet-talk: He wasflattered into signing that contract.

Compliment unduly; overpraise, esp. for gain oradvantage.

(usu. refl.; usu. foll. by that + clause) please,congratulate, or delude (oneself etc.) (I flatter myself that Ican sing).

A (of a colour, a style, etc.) make (a person)appear to the best advantage (that blouse flatters you). b(esp. of a portrait, a painter, etc.) represent too favourably.4 gratify the vanity of; make (a person) feel honoured.

Inspire (a person) with hope, esp. unduly (was flattered intothinking himself invulnerable).

Please or gratify (the ear,the eye, etc.).

Flatterer n. flattering adj.flatteringly adv. [ME, perh. rel. to OF flater to smooth]