flattering

[Flat·ter*ing]

Something that's flattering shows you in your best, most attractive light. When you're having your photograph taken, you might wear your most flattering outfit.

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That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.

Adjective
tending to reveal or represent favorably


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Flatter

a.
That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.


Flattering

Flat"ter*ing, a. That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul.
A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they ought be, not as they are.

That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.

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Usage Examples

People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.

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Other Usage Examples

I'm a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. It's why I've always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn.

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

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