different between panegyric vs flattering

English

Alternative forms

• panegyrick (obsolete)
• panegyry (obsolete)

Etymology

From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (pan?gurikós), from ???- (pan-) "all" + agyris "place of assembly", Aeolic form of ????? (agorá)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæn??d?????k/, /?pæn??d??a???k/

Noun

panegyric (countable and uncountable, plural panegyrics)

1. A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something.

   Synonym: eulogy

   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 197):

     He then spoke in the usual boastful manner of his progenitors, added a flaming panegyric upon himself, and strolled down the road to repeat his speech at the next house.
2. Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.

Derived terms

• panegyrical
• panegyrically

Translations

Adjective

panegyric (comparative more panegyric, superlative most panegyric)

1. panegyrical

English

Etymology

From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fl?'t?r?ng, IPA^(key): /?flæt????/

Adjective

flattering (comparative more flattering, superlative most flattering)

1. Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good

   Synonym: becoming

   Antonyms: unbecoming, unflattering

Translations

Verb

flattering

1. present participle of flatter

Noun

flattering (plural flatterings)

1. The action of the verb to flatter.
2. Instances of flattery.

Synonyms

• flattery
• soft sawder