flatter
French → English
(social) To flatter: to praise someone excessively or insincerely to gain favor or satisfy their vanity
Une telle préférence me flatte et m’honore devant toute l'assemblée des délégués.
(English) Such a preference flatters and honors me before the entire assembly of delegates.
Il flatte jusqu’aux caprices les plus ridicules du prince pour obtenir une promotion.
(English) He flatters even the prince's most ridiculous whims to get a promotion.
(visual) To portray favorably: to represent a person or thing as more attractive or better than they truly are
Le peintre l’a un peu flattée dans ce portrait en atténuant les rides de son visage.
(English) The painter flattered her a bit in this portrait by smoothing out the wrinkles on her face.
Vous nous l’avez représenté comme un génie, mais n’avez-vous point flatté ses capacités réelles ?
(English) You represented him to us as a genius, but haven't you flattered his actual abilities?
Entry ID: fr:en:flatter · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary