blandiloquence†; cajolery; fawning, wheedling &c v.; captation†,
coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism†, toadeating†, tuft-
hunting; snobbishness.
incense, honeyed words, flummery; bunkum, buncombe; blarney,
placebo, butter; soft soap, soft sawder†; rose water.
voice of the charmer, mouth honor; lip homage; euphemism;
unctuousness &c adj..
V. flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver†, coax;
fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver,
butter; jolly [U.S.]; bespatter, beslubber†, beplaster†, beslaver†; lay
it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue†; truckle to, pander to,
pandar to†, suck up to, kiss the ass of [Vulg.], pay court to; court;
creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of;
fool to the top of one's bent; lick the dust.
lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make
things pleasant.
overestimate &c 482; exaggerate &c 549.
Adj. flattering &c v.; adulatory; mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed;
honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous, blandiloquent†,
specious; fine-spoken, fair spoken; plausible, servile, sycophantic,
fulsome; courtierly†, courtier-like.
Adv. ad captandum [Lat.].