mielistellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fawn noun A young deer, usually under a year old.
- flatter verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favor.
- grovel verb To lie or crawl face-down on the ground, often out of fear or submission.
- ingratiate verb To try to win someone's favor, often by flattering them.
- insinuate verb To hint at something, usually something negative, without stating it outright.
Senses
mielistellä is used for these senses in English:
- curry favor (idiomatic) To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention.
- flatter To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- grovel (intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
- ingratiate (reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.
- insinuate (figurative, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.
- suck up (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
fawn — full definition
- noun A young deer, usually under a year old.
- noun A light yellowish-brown color.
- verb To seek approval or favor through excessive flattery or servile behavior.
flatter — full definition
- verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favor.
- verb To make someone or something look better than usual.
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