oil, Inf butter, Inf. honey; toadying, toadying to, Inf. buttering up, Inf. soft-soaping, Inf. oiling, Inf. honeying, Inf. apple-polishing, Inf. boot-licking; currying favor, kissing or licking feet, Inf. being a yes-man to, agreeing to anything; adulation, fawning, fawningness; All SI. shining up to, playing up to, sucking up to, brown-nosing, snow job, line.
4. cajolery, wheedling, blarney, blandishment, blandishing, Rare, blandishments; palaver, palavering, pa-laverment, beguiling, beguilement; coaxing, Inf. sweet talk, honeyed words, Archaic, gloze. flunky, n. 1. lackey, servant, male servant, valet, butler, gentleman, manservant, Archaic, varlet; footman, Fr. valet de pied, groom, equerry, livery, servitor, retainer, yeoman; footboy, boy, page, bellboy, Brit. boots, Brit, buttons; menial, Inf. gofer.
2. toady, yes-man, bootlicker. See toady (def. 1). flurry, n. 1. snow shower, snow squall, light snowfall, dusting; flake, snowflake, fluff, fluffy.
2. fluster, ferment, bustle, whirl, fuss, Inf. tizzy; hurry, haste, flush, hurry-scurry, pell-mell; upset, pother, stir, Inf. to-do, ado, hubbub, commotion; excitement, din, hustle, flutter; agitation, disturbance, perturbation, trepidation.
-v. 3. fluster, confuse, bewilder, confound, bedevil, perplex; rattle, disconcert, perturb, ruffle; put on edge, unsettle, upset. flush1, n. 1. blush, redness, rosiness, bloom; reddening, rubescence, rubicundity; glow, freshness, radiance, gleam, sparkle, glimmer.
2. overspreading, overflow, overflowing; inundation, flood, flooding, drenching, deluge.
3. thrill, excitement, throb, tingle, tingling, quiver; palpitation, pulsation, titillation, excitation, electrification.
4. vigor, health, hardihood, vim, vitality; freshness, healthiness, haleness, heartiness, robustness; lustiness, full-bloodedness, wholesomeness.
5. fever, fire, heat, warmth, febricity, Pathol, pyrexia; inflammation, ague, Pathol, calenture.
-v. 6. redden, color, blush, crimson, turn red, mantle, incarnadine; suffuse, flame, burn.
7. flood, drench, spray, wash, douse, wash away, drain, empty, evacuate, discharge, clean out, clear out.
8. flow, rush, gush, stream, pour forth; overspread, cover, spread over, inundate, flood, flow over, deluge.
9. animate, excite, impassion, inflame, work up; rouse, instigate, stir, kindle; elate, elevate, hearten, inspirit, cheer, encourage, gladden, delight. flush2, adj. 1. even, level, smooth, flat, plane, com-planate; plumb, straight, true.
2. contiguous, adjacent, conterminous, adjoining, next to; touching, in contact, contactual, abutting, meeting, Obs. attingent.
3. well-supplied, well-equipped, well-to-do, well-heeled; affluent, prosperous, wealthy, rich, moneyed; on easy street, in the chips, in the money, SI. rolling in dough.
4. abundant, plentiful, copious, replete, full, plenteous, bounteous; fecund, fertile, fruitful, rife, lush, luxuriant, exuberant.
5. blushing, glowing. See flushed (def. 2).
6. vigorous, lusty, hearty, hale, robust, hardy; full of life, spirited, fresh, lively.
7. full, full to overflowing, overflowing, overbrimming; spilling over, running over, teeming over, chock-full, brimful.