Flattery in Malayalam
Flattery is മുഖസ്തുതി (mugasthuthi), literally praise delivered to the face. The word is faintly disapproving, the one you reach for when the compliments are too smooth to be trusted.
Flattery, praise.
ഓഭീസിൽ മുഖസ്തുതി ആർക്കും ഇഷ്ടമല്ല.
opheesil mugasthuthi aarkkum ishtamalla.
Nobody likes flattery in the office.
All Malayalam words for “flattery”
- മുഖസ്തുതി (mugasthuthi) — Flattery, praise.
- പൊന്നാരം (ponnaram) — Gold necklace, flattery, beauty, great affection, coquetry.
- പ്രശംസ (prasamsa) — Praise, flattery, admiration.
- നുണ (nuna) — Lie, calumny, flattery.
- മേനി (meni) — Body, shape of the body, quality, nobility, complexion, grace, measure of crops, times or fold, praise, flattery.
- വര്ണ്ണം (varnnam) — Colour, paint, pigment, caste, letter, flattery, decoration, vermilion, fragrant ointment, a term in music.
- വാഴ്ത്തല് (vaazhthal) — Praise, eulogy, flattery, felicitation.
- സേവിക്കുക (sevikkuka) — Serve, attend on, depend, worship, win over by flattery, take in medicine or liquor.
മുഖസ്തുതി is flattery proper. പ്രശംസ (prasamsa) is praise and only sometimes implies flattery, വാഴ്ത്തല് (vaazhthal) is eulogy, and പൊന്നാരം (ponnaram) suggests sweet talk and endearment. നുണ (nuna) is primarily a lie, സേവിക്കുക (sevikkuka) a verb about winning someone over, and മേനി (meni) and വര്ണ്ണം (varnnam) carry the sense only as minor meanings.
Common questions
How do you say flattery in Malayalam?
മുഖസ്തുതി (mugasthuthi) is the direct equivalent, with its built-in hint of insincerity.
Which word should I use for genuine praise?
പ്രശംസ (prasamsa). It is neutral to positive, so it does not suggest the speaker is buttering anyone up.