おだてる・煽てるodateru[0]heiban (flat)

1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
   まず彼かれをおだてておいたほうがいいですよ。↗

   You had better try buttering him up first.

• SynonymおもねるNeutralFawning to win favor, as in 「権力に阿る」; leans written, and it is about pleasing the powerful, while 「煽てる」 praises someone until they get carried away or act.
• SynonymへつらうNeutralFlattering and sucking up, as in 「上司に諂う」; the nuance is servile, groveling obsequiousness rather than pumping someone up.
• Related持ち上げるもちあげるNeutralTo talk someone up, as in 「部下を持ち上げる」; colloquial, and the closest of these to 「煽てる」.
• Related扇動せんどうNeutralA noun for inciting people, as in 「群衆を扇動する」; often political.
• Related挑発ちょうはつNeutralA noun for provocation, as in 「挑発に乗る」; about deliberately riling someone up.
• Related丸め込むまるめこむNeutralTo win someone over with smooth talk, as in 「上手く丸め込む」; colloquial.
• RelatedそそのかすNeutralTo instigate or tempt, as in 「悪事を唆す」; the focus is luring someone into wrongdoing.
• Related駆り立てるかりたてるNeutralTo drive or spur someone on, as in 「不安に駆り立てられる」; usually in the passive.
• Related煽るあおるNeutralTo fan or inflame, as in 「不安を煽る」; about stirring up emotions rather than praising.
• Related焚きつけるたきつけるNeutralEgg someone on or kindle a feeling, as in 「喧嘩を焚きつける」「やる気を焚きつける」; mostly instigation, whereas 「煽てる」 centers on praise.
• Related扇ぎ立てるあおぎたてるNeutralTo fan hard or whip up feelings, as in 「火を扇ぎ立てる」; rare, and unlike 「煽てる」 it is not about praising.
• Related煽り立てるあおりたてるNeutralTo stir something up fiercely, as in 「不安を煽り立てる」; a forceful word for whipping up feelings rather than praising anyone.
• Related掻き立てるかきたてるNeutralTo arouse or whip up, as in 「好奇心を掻き立てる」; used mostly with emotions and feelings.
• RelatedけしかけるNeutralTo instigate or set on, as in 「犬をけしかける」「喧嘩をけしかける」; siccing, not flattering.
• Related媚びへつらうこびへつらうNeutralTo fawn and toady, as in 「権力者に媚びへつらう」; strongly derogatory.
• RelatedたらしこむNeutralTo seduce or dupe someone, as in 「女をたらし込む」; colloquial and derogatory.
• Related阿諛あゆWrittenWritten-style word for adulation; mostly in four-character idioms such as 「阿諛追従」.
• Related鼓吹こすいWrittenA noun for advocating or preaching an idea, as in 「思想を鼓吹する」; leans written/formal.
• RelatedたぶらかすNeutralTo trick or beguile, as in 「狐が人をたぶらかす」; the point is deception, not flattery.
• RelatedたらすNeutralTo coax or seduce, as in 「女たらし」; colloquial and often in compounds.
• RelatedアジるCasualSlang for agitating a crowd with rabble-rousing speech, as in 「群衆をアジる」; from 「アジテーション」.
• AntonymけなすNeutralAntonym: to disparage, as in 「作品を貶す」; the opposite of 「煽てる」's building someone up.
• AntonymしかるNeutralAntonym: to scold, as in 「子供を叱る」; the opposite of flattering someone.

Use 「煽てる」 for praising someone to put them in a good mood or talk them into something, as in 「煽てに乗る」 and 「煽てて木に登らせる」. For colloquial flattery say 「持ち上げる」, for servile fawning 「諂う」, and for egging someone on 「焚きつける」. 「煽る」 and 「煽り立てる」 whip up emotions, 「唆す」 and 「嗾ける」 instigate, 「丸め込む」 wins people over with smooth talk, and 「扇動」 is political incitement. The opposite of praising up is 「貶す」.

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1. 褒ほめたり良よいことを言いったりして、相手あいてをいい気分きぶんにさせる。
2. あおる。そそのかす。