flatters

verb
  1. 1

    To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.

  2. 2

    To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.

  3. 3

    To portray someone to advantage.

    โ€œHer portrait flatters her.โ€

  4. 4

    To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.

noun
  1. 1

    A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.

  2. 2

    A flat-faced fulling hammer.

  3. 3

    A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.

  4. 4

    Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.

noun
  1. 1

    Someone who lives in a rented flat.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flatter, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flatters