Synonyms for flattering

Grammar : Adj

Spell : flat-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflæt ər

Définition of flattering

Origin : late 14c., "pleasing to the imagination," present participle adjective from flatter. Meaning "gratifying to self-esteem" is from 1757. Related: Flatteringly.

adj laudatory

Example sentences :

She was bending forward, smiling, flattering her escort with the adoration of her eyes.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Europe may enslave Asia, because it is flattering: but Europe must not free Asia, because that is responsible.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Oh, counshillor, now, if you wouldn't be flattering a wake woman.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The reception of the news by the other evening papers was most flattering.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

I take it as the reverse of flattering to be supposed that I have any liking for such a ninny as you are.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

Blanche's friend regarded him with unconcealed and flattering approval.
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Each number is flattering as a lover's tale; every article an eloge.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Never was seen testimony of love so universal or so flattering.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

Flattering remarks were showered on this colossus from all sides.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Muche thereupon adopted a flattering tone like a born cajoler.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

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