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Definition of Flattering
1. Adjective. Showing or representing to advantage. "A flattering color"
Definition of Flattering
1. a. That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.
Definition of Flattering
1. Adjective. Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of flatter) ¹
3. Noun. The action of the verb to flatter. ¹
4. Noun. Instances of flattery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flattering
1. flatter [v] - See also: flatter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flattering
Literary usage of Flattering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"what a flattering tongue she had ; she lay at me hard to turn aside with her,
promising me all manner of content. CHR. Nay, she did not promise you the ..."
2. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"Such robbers, I have said, had flattering prospects of impunity. Besides the
general want of communication, which made one who had fled from his own ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"Bussy gained the favour of the king by grossly flattering his vanity. Holinshed,
in his account of the trial of these nobles, says that ' Sir John ..."
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