flattering

adjective

flat·ter·ing ˈfla-tər-iŋ How to pronounce flattering (audio)

: marked by flattery: such as

: showing or expressing gratifying respect or admiration

a flattering comparison

His colleagues might have disowned him, but they didn't receive flattering invitations to speak all over the country and to write for The New York Times.

Richard Dawkins

: excessively or insincerely complimentary

… a steady stream of ham actors, all of whom were welcomed with flattering speeches.

H. L. Mencken

: helping to enhance attractiveness

a necktie in a flattering color

… dictating the most flattering camera angles.

David Margolick

The gowns were indeed smashing: smart, sexy, eye-catching, and very, very flattering.

The New Yorker

flatteringly adverb

The so-called Generation X has been described by some—not flatteringly—as a scavenger culture that gathers music, art and fashions from recent past generations rather than creating its own.

Steve Hochman

Her upper body is all besuited business—the black jacket, the white blouse reflecting flatteringly on the face, the understated silver choker and earrings, the burnished brown bob.

Rebecca Mead

flattering 1 of 2

adjective

as in laudatory

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

laudatory
eulogistic
praiseful
favorable
positive
panegyrical
hagiographic
admiring
warm
encomiastic
appreciative
complimentary
friendly
approving
supportive
commendatory
accepting
hagiographical
applauding
good
laudative
respectful
sympathetic
adulatory
approbatory
worshipful
adoring
worshipping
idolizing
worshiping
advisory
recommendatory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

critical
captious
hypercritical
censuring
overcritical
unflattering
disparaging
scornful
faultfinding
contemptuous
disdainful
slighting
negative
unfavorable
uncomplimentary
belittling
derogatory
adverse
cavilling
carping
unfriendly
disapproving
depreciatory
caviling
depreciative
unappreciative
inappreciative

as in fulsome

Synonyms & Similar Words

fulsome
excessive
pretentious
grandiose
inflated
boastful
bombastic
stilted
bloated
pompous
rhetoric
affected
flowery
purple
grandiloquent
eloquent
florid
ornate
rhetorical
high-sounding
fancy-pants
lofty
high-flown
aureate
highfalutin
hifalutin
bookish
magnific
learned
elevated
inkhorn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unpoetic
prosaic
simple
plain
straightforward
direct
lean
unadorned
natural
bald
stark
spare
unpretentious
plainspoken
matter-of-fact
unaffected

flattering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of flatter

as in praising

to praise too much the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

praising
commending
applauding
massaging
adulating
congratulating
overpraising
stroking
honeying
fawning
puffing
complimenting
coaxing
belauding
hero-worshiping
wooing
toadying
ingratiating
buttering up
cajoling
wheedling
blarneying
blandishing
endearing
kowtowing
eulogizing
extolling
soft-soaping
hero-worshipping
idolizing
lauding
gushing
worshiping
sweet-talking
worshipping
felicitating
romancing
courting
sucking (up to)
slavering
slobbering
drooling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disparaging
belittling
decrying
depreciating
putting down
bad-mouthing

as in priding

to think highly of (oneself) don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before

Synonyms & Similar Words

priding
congratulating
bragging
vaunting
vaporing
boasting
swaggering
pluming
swanking
piquing
gasconading
crowing
swashing
felicitating

单词	flattering
释义	flattering adjective flat·ter·ing ˈfla-tər-iŋ 1 : marked by flattery: such as a : showing or expressing gratifying respect or admiration a flattering comparison His colleagues might have disowned him, but they didn't receive flattering invitations to speak all over the country and to write for The New York Times. Richard Dawkins b : excessively or insincerely complimentary … a steady stream of ham actors, all of whom were welcomed with flattering speeches. H. L. Mencken 2 : helping to enhance attractiveness a necktie in a flattering color … dictating the most flattering camera angles. David Margolick The gowns were indeed smashing: smart, sexy, eye-catching, and very, very flattering. The New Yorker flatteringly adverb The so-called Generation X has been described by some—not flatteringly—as a scavenger culture that gathers music, art and fashions from recent past generations rather than creating its own. Steve Hochman Her upper body is all besuited business—the black jacket, the white blouse reflecting flatteringly on the face, the understated silver choker and earrings, the burnished brown bob. Rebecca Mead Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing flattering self-flattering self-flattering flattering 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in laudatory Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance laudatory eulogistic praiseful favorable positive panegyrical hagiographic admiring warm encomiastic appreciative complimentary friendly approving supportive commendatory accepting hagiographical applauding good laudative respectful sympathetic adulatory approbatory worshipful adoring worshipping idolizing worshiping advisory recommendatory Antonyms & Near Antonyms critical captious hypercritical censuring overcritical unflattering disparaging scornful faultfinding contemptuous disdainful slighting negative unfavorable uncomplimentary belittling derogatory adverse cavilling carping unfriendly disapproving depreciatory caviling depreciative unappreciative inappreciative See More 2 as in fulsome Synonyms & Similar Words fulsome excessive pretentious grandiose inflated boastful bombastic stilted bloated pompous rhetoric affected flowery purple grandiloquent eloquent florid ornate rhetorical high-sounding fancy-pants lofty high-flown aureate highfalutin hifalutin bookish magnific learned elevated inkhorn Antonyms & Near Antonyms unpoetic prosaic simple plain straightforward direct lean unadorned natural bald stark spare unpretentious plainspoken matter-of-fact unaffected See More flattering 2 of 2 verb present participle of flatter 1 as in praising to praise too much the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity Synonyms & Similar Words praising commending applauding massaging adulating congratulating overpraising stroking honeying fawning puffing complimenting coaxing belauding hero-worshiping wooing toadying ingratiating buttering up cajoling wheedling blarneying blandishing endearing kowtowing eulogizing extolling soft-soaping hero-worshipping idolizing lauding gushing worshiping sweet-talking worshipping felicitating romancing courting sucking (up to) slavering slobbering drooling Antonyms & Near Antonyms disparaging belittling decrying depreciating putting down bad-mouthing 2 as in priding to think highly of (oneself) don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before Synonyms & Similar Words priding congratulating bragging vaunting vaporing boasting swaggering pluming swanking piquing gasconading crowing swashing felicitating
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flattering

adjective

Word History

Phrases Containing flattering

adjective

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