Synonyms for flattering
flat·ter·ing

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1. flatteringnoun

   Synonyms:
   soft sawder, flattery, becoming

   Antonyms:
   unflattering, unbecoming

2. flatteringnoun

   Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.

   The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.

   Synonyms:
   soft sawder, flattery, becoming

   Antonyms:
   unflattering, unbecoming

3. flatteringnoun

   Instances of flattery.

   Synonyms:
   soft sawder, flattery

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1. flatteringadjective

   showing or representing to advantage

   "a flattering color"

   Antonyms:
   unflattering, uncomplimentary

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1. ijeomaadjective

   prodigy; very smart

   a great prodigy named melody answered all of the math questions correctly

   Submitted by itzhays on October 19, 2021  

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1. flatteringadjective

   Synonyms:
   wheedling, adulatory, alluring, blandiloquent, sycophantic, obsequious

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1. List of paraphrases for "flattering":

   complimentary, flattered, laudatory

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1. Hazlitt:

   The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. They fancy themselves superior to every one else, and, not being sure of making good their secret pretensions, decline entering the lists altogether. Thus they ?lay the flattering unction to their souls? that they could have said better things than others, or that the conversation was beneath them.

2. Damon Welch:

   Part of being a sex symbol is very flattering and it does help you get success in the business - but only to a point.

3. Oscar Wilde:

   Yet each man kills the thing he loves,By each let this be heard,Some do it with a bitter look,Some with a flattering word,The koward does it with a kiss,The brave man with a sword

4. Harry S Truman, Letter to his sister, Nov. 14, 1947:

   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.

5. Harry S Truman:

   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.