Definition of Flattering

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Definition of Flattering
	Flattering of Flatter That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech. Related Definitions: As, Flatter, Flattering, In, Of, Speech, That, The, Various, Verb

Flattering Quotations

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?
Jane Austen

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Harry S. Truman

Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal.
Will Ferrell

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.
Joseph Conrad

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
Augusten Burroughs

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.
George Takei

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
Ninon de Lenclos

I thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know?
Clay Aiken

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
Stephen Sondheim

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.
Diana Vreeland

Flattering Translations

flattering in French is adulant
flattering in German is schmeichelhaft

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