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Word Meanings - BLARNEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.

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  • HUMBUG
    1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. 3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
  • FLATTERY
    The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful 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
  • BLARNEY
    Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
  • ADULATION
    Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation Shak. Syn. -- Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness; blandishment. -- Adulation, Flattery, Compliment.
  • HUMBUGGERY
    The practice of imposition.
  • BLANDILOQUENCE
    Mild, flattering speech.
  • GLOSSINESS
    The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.
  • HUMBUGGER
    One who humbugs.

 

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