flatter

/ˈflætər/

意味: お世辞を言う、持ち上げる

例文: Haruki flattered ALX to borrow the hoverboard.
　　  ハルキはホバーボードを借りるためALXにお世辞を言った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: flatter someone(誰かをお世辞する), feel flattered(お世辞を言われて嬉しい), overly flattering(過度にお世辞を言う)

定義: 他の人を喜ばせるために、または利益を得るために、誰かに対して過剰に褒めたり、良いことを言ったりすること。お世辞を言うことは、時には本心からではなく、相手を気持ちよくさせるために行われることがあります。

flatterは約500,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: praise somewhat dishonestly
Adjective: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Adjective: having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
Adjective: not modified or restricted by reservations
Adjective: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
Adjective: lacking contrast or shading between tones
Adjective: (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Adjective: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Adjective: lacking taste or flavor or tang
Adjective: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
Adjective: having lost effervescence
Adjective: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Adjective: horizontally level
Adjective: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
Adjective: not reflecting light; not glossy
Adjective: commercially inactive

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She tried to flatter her boss with compliments.(彼女は上司を褒めて機嫌を取ろうとした。)
They flatter the painting to make it look bigger.(彼らは絵を大きく見せるために誇張する。)
Don’t flatter yourself; it wasn’t that impressive.(自惚れるな、それほどすごくなかった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Adjective: a flat desk
Adjective: acres of level farmland
Adjective: a plane surface
Adjective: skirts sewn with fine flat seams
Adjective: flat computer monitors
Adjective: a categorical denial
Adjective: a flat refusal
Adjective: found himself lying flat on the floor
Adjective: B flat
Adjective: a bland diet
Adjective: insipid hospital food
Adjective: flavorless supermarket tomatoes
Adjective: vapid beer
Adjective: vapid tea
Adjective: a bland little drama
Adjective: a flat joke
Adjective: flat beer
Adjective: a flat cola
Adjective: the owl’s faint monotonous hooting
Adjective: a flat roof
Adjective: a film with two-dimensional characters
Adjective: a flat two-dimensional painting
Adjective: flat wall paint
Adjective: a photograph with a matte finish
Adjective: flat sales for the month
Adjective: prices remained flat
Adjective: a flat market

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): 2-dimensional, bland, blandish, categoric, categorical, compressed, flat, flatter, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, level, mat, matt, matte, matted, monotone, monotonic, monotonous, plane, prostrate, savorless, savourless, two-dimensional, unconditional, vapid

Antonyms(反意語): contrasty, disparage, natural, sharp

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): praise

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): advertise, applaud, commend, compliment, eulogize, flatter, laud, puff, rave, salute, sonnet, troll

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adulate, butter up, fawn, soft-soap, stroke

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: blandishment, blandness, flatness, flatterer, flattery, flavorlessness, flavourlessness, insipidity, insipidness, matt, matte, monotone, plane, planeness, savorlessness, savourlessness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: