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• flatter — [v1] compliment excessively adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick*, massage, oil*, overpraise …   New thesaurus

• become — [v1] evolve into alter to, assume form of, be converted to, be reduced to, be reformed, be remodeled, be transformed into, change into, come, come to be, convert, develop into, emerge as, eventually be, grow into, incline, mature, metamorphose,… …   New thesaurus

• become — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. befit, accord with, behoove; turn into, change[in]to. See duty, agreement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To come to be] Syn. develop into, change into, resolve into, turn into, pass into, grow into,… …   English dictionary for students

• flatter — verb 1) it amused him to flatter her Syn: compliment, praise, express admiration for, say nice things about, fawn over; cajole, humor, flannel, blarney; informal sweet talk, soft soap, brown nose, butter up, play up to, slobber over; formal laud …   Thesaurus of popular words

• flatter — verb 1) it amused him to flatter her Syn: compliment, praise, express admiration for, fawn on, humour, wheedle, blarney; informal sweet talk, soft soap, butter up, play up to 2) I was flattered to be asked Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• flatter — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To praise unduly] Syn. overpraise, adulate, laud, glorify; see compliment 1 , praise 1 . 2. [To fawn upon] Syn. kowtow to, toady to, butter up*; see compliment 1 , grovel . 3. [To be becoming to a wearer] Syn. become,… …   English dictionary for students

• become — verb 1) she became rich Syn: grow, get, turn, come to be, get to be; literary wax 2) he became a tyrant Syn: turn into, change into, be transformed into, be converted into 3) he becam …   Thesaurus of popular words

• become — verb 1) she became rich Syn: grow, get, turn, come to be, get to be 2) he became a tyrant Syn: turn into, change into, transform into, be converted into 3) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• flatter — Synonyms and related words: adorn, adulate, apotheosize, beautify, become, beguile, belaud, bend the knee, bepraise, beslobber, beslubber, blandish, bless, blow up, boast of, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, brag about, brown nose, butter up,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …   Universalium

• crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… …   Universalium