[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.", "to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively:She flatters him by constantly praising his books.", "to represent favorably; gratify by falsification:The portrait flatters her.", "to show to advantage:a hairstyle that flatters the face.", "to play upon the vanity or susceptibilities of; cajole, wheedle, or beguile:They flattered him into contributing heavily to the foundation.", "to please or gratify by compliments or attentions:I was flattered by their invitation.", "to feel satisfaction with (oneself), especially with reference to an accomplishment, act, or occasion:He flattered himself that the dinner had gone well.", "to beguile with hope; encourage prematurely, falsely, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to use flattery ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person or thing that makes something flat .", "a flat-faced blacksmith's tool, laid on a forging and struck with a hammer to smooth the surface of the forging.", "a drawplate with a flat orifice for drawing flat metal strips, as for watch springs."]}]