佞ねい人じん

noun

flatterer; smooth talker; crafty person

A person who uses insincere praise or cunning speech to manipulate others. This word is rare and somewhat literary; in everyday conversation, terms like お世辞屋 or 口のうまい人 are more common.

• 彼かれは佞ねい人じんで、上じょう司しに取とり入いるのが上手じょうずだ。

  He is a flatterer, skilled at ingratiating himself with his boss.

• あの政せい治じ家かは佞ねい人じんと批ひ判はんされた。

  That politician was criticized as a smooth-talking manipulator.