flattery

About 1.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

   Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?

2. noun An instance of excessive praise.

Similar words

compliment blandishment praise compliments obsequiousness adulation sycophancy kowtowing puffery panegyric

Often followed by

and of to is or in was which that

Word family

flatteries