flattering 音标拼音: [fl'ætɚɪŋ]
a . 谄媚的,讨人欢喜的,有希望的
谄媚的,讨人欢喜的,有希望的
flattering adj 1 :
showing or representing to advantage ; "
a flattering color " [
ant : {
uncomplimentary }, {
unflattering }]
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Flattering }.] [
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flateren ,
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flatteren ;
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flattern to flutter ,
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Cf . {
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Flattery }.]
1 .
To treat with praise or blandishments ;
to gratify or attempt to gratify the self -
love or vanity of ,
esp .
by artful and interested commendation or attentions ;
to blandish ;
to cajole ;
to wheedle .
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When I tell him he hates flatterers ,
He says he does ,
being then most flattered . --
Shak .
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A man that flattereth his neighbor ,
spreadeth a net for his feet . --
Prov .
xxix .
5 .
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Others he flattered by asking their advice .
--
Prescott .
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2 .
To raise hopes in ;
to encourage or favorable ,
but sometimes unfounded or deceitful ,
representations .
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3 .
To portray too favorably ;
to give a too favorable idea of ;
as ,
his portrait flatters him .
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Flattering \
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a .
That flatters (
in the various senses of the verb );
as ,
a flattering speech .
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Lay not that flattering unction to your soul . --
Shak .
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A flattering painter ,
who made it his care ,
To draw men as they ought be ,
not as they are .
--
Goldsmith .
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73 Moby Thesaurus words for "
flattering ":
abject ,
acclamatory ,
admiring ,
adulatory ,
appreciative ,
approbatory ,
backscratching ,
becoming ,
beggarly ,
bland ,
blandishing ,
blarneying ,
bootlicking ,
buttery ,
cajoling ,
commendatory ,
complimentary ,
courtierly ,
courtly ,
cowering ,
crawling ,
cringing ,
crouching ,
encomiastic ,
enhancing ,
eulogistic ,
fair -
spoken ,
fawning ,
fine -
spoken ,
footlicking ,
fulsome ,
gratifying ,
groveling ,
gushing ,
hangdog ,
honey -
mouthed ,
honey -
tongued ,
honeyed ,
ingratiating ,
insincere ,
insinuating ,
kind ,
laudatory ,
mealymouthed ,
obeisant ,
obsequious ,
oily ,
oily -
tongued ,
on bended knee ,
panegyric ,
parasitic ,
prostrate ,
regardful ,
respectful ,
slimy ,
slobbery ,
smarmy ,
smooth ,
smooth -
spoken ,
smooth -
tongued ,
sniveling ,
soapy ,
soft -
soaping ,
sponging ,
sugary ,
sycophantic ,
timeserving ,
toadeating ,
toadying ,
toadyish ,
truckling ,
unctuous ,
wheedling
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FLATTERING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of FLATTERING is marked by flattery How to use flattering in a sentence
FLATTERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary FLATTERING definition: 1 making someone look or seem better or more attractive than usual: 2 making someone look or… Learn more
FLATTERING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If something is flattering, it makes you appear more attractive Some styles are so flattering that they instantly become classics American English : flattering ˈflætərɪŋ
FLATTERING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Flattering definition: enhancing the appearance of a person or thing, as by highlighting pleasing features or making less pleasing ones inconspicuous See examples of FLATTERING used in a sentence
flattering adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation . . . Definition of flattering adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Flattering - definition of flattering by The Free Dictionary To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor 2 To please or gratify the vanity of: "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering" (George Bernard Shaw) 3 a To portray favorably: a photograph that flatters its subject b To show off becomingly or advantageously To practice flattery
flattering - Wiktionary, the free dictionary flattering (comparative more flattering, superlative most flattering) Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good Synonym: becoming Antonyms: unbecoming, unflattering