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1 lusinghiero
flattering* * *lusinghiero agg.1 (che dà piacere, che lusinga) flattering, cajoling, blandishing: lode lusinghiera, (high) praise; ha avuto per te parole lusinghiere, he spoke of you in flattering terms2 (letter.) (che alletta) tempting, enticing, alluring: proposta lusinghiera, tempting (o attractive) proposal.* * *[luzin'gjɛro]1) (che lusinga) [giudizio, parole] flattering, glowing2) (che dà soddisfazione) [ risultato] gratifying* * *lusinghiero/luzin'gjεro/1 (che lusinga) [giudizio, parole] flattering, glowing2 (che dà soddisfazione) [ risultato] gratifying. -
2 adulatorio
adulatorio agg. adulatory, flattering, sycophantic.* * ** * *adulatoriopl. -ri, - rie /adula'tɔrjo, ri, rje/flattering. -
3 lusinghevole
lusinghevole agg. flattering, enticing, tempting: parole lusinghevoli, flattering words. -
4 adulatore
◆ agg. flattering, adulatory; sycophantic.* * *[adula'tore]* * *adulatore/adula'tore/sostantivo m.(f. - trice /trit∫e/) flatterer. -
5 corteggiamento
corteggiamento s.m.1 courtship, courting, wooing2 ( adulazione) flattering.* * *[korteddʒa'mento]sostantivo maschile courtship (anche zool.), courting, wooing ant.* * *corteggiamento/korteddʒa'mento/sostantivo m.courtship (anche zool.), courting, wooing ant. -
6 cortigiano
cortigiano s.m.1 ( uomo di corte) courtier◆ agg.1 ( della corte) court (attr.), courtly: usi cortigiani, court usage; vita cortigiana, court life // lingua cortigiana, courtly speech2 ( adulatore) flattering, obsequious, fawning (attr.): atteggiamento cortigiano, fawning behaviour.* * *[korti'dʒano] cortigiano (-a)1. sm/f2. sf(euf : prostituta) courtesan* * *[korti'dʒano]sostantivo maschile1) stor. courtier2) spreg. sycophant* * *cortigiano/korti'dʒano/sostantivo m.1 stor. courtier2 spreg. sycophant. -
7 gonfiatura
gonfiatura s.f.1 swelling, inflation, inflating: la gonfiatura delle gomme, the inflation of tyres2 (esagerazione) exaggeration; overstatement; (montatura) puff: le solite gonfiature dei giornali, the usual exaggerations of the press; gonfiatura pubblicitaria, puffing; (econ.) gonfiatura dei prezzi, prices bubble (o boosting)3 (fig.) (adulazione) adulation, flattering.* * *[gonfja'tura]sostantivo femminile1) (con la bocca) blowing up; (con una pompa) inflation, pumping up2) fig. (esagerazione) exaggeration, hype* * *gonfiatura/gonfja'tura/sostantivo f.1 (con la bocca) blowing up; (con una pompa) inflation, pumping up2 fig. (esagerazione) exaggeration, hype. -
8 adulatorio agg
[adula'tɔrjo] adulatorio -ria, -ri, -rie -
9 lusinghiero agg
[luzin'ɡjɛro] lusinghiero (-a) -
10 cortigianesco
cortigianesco agg.1 ( da cortigiano) courtly -
11 incensamento
incensamento s.m.1 incensation2 (adulazione) flattering, flattery, adulation, fawning: mutuo incensamento, mutual flattery. -
12 lisciamento
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13 lusingatore
◆ agg. flattering. -
14 adulatorio
agg [adula'tɔrjo] adulatorio -ria, -ri, -rie -
15 lusinghiero
agg [luzin'ɡjɛro] lusinghiero (-a)
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