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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Flattery \Flat"ter*y\, noun; pl. {Flatteries}. [OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See {Flatter}, verb (used with an object)] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. --Rambler.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. --Burke.
Syn: Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See {Adulation}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
flattery
noun: excessive or insincere praise
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "flattery": accolade, adulation, apotheosis, ass-kissing, beguilement, bepraisement, blandishment, blarney, brown-nosing, cajolery, congratulation, deification, eloge, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, glorification, glory, hero worship, homage, hommage, honeyed words, honor, idolatry, idolizing, incense, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, oil, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, soft, soft soap, sweet talk, tribute, truckling, wheedling
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