Insincere vs Flattery - What's the difference?
insincere | flattery |
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
Not serious.
(uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
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, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 (countable) An instance of excessive praise.
As a adjective insincere
is not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.As a noun flattery is
(uncountable) excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.insincere
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Janice's added glares showed that her apology was insincere.
Antonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* insincerely * insincerity ----flattery
English
Noun
citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery , seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}