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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How to use flattering in a sentence?

1. Mark Leibovich:

   One of my peeves is that the press always says, 'Oh, well, the voters are just frustrated and angry.' And they just use those stupid graveyard words over and over again. I mean, what we're talking about here in the Republican Party is, I would say ... racism, gullibility. I mean, words that are less flattering than frustrating and angry.

2. Marshall Ramsey:

   Not every cartoon I drew about Barbara Bush was flattering, but the last one is.

3. Joe Biden:

   No, no, no ! thank you. It's very flattering.

4. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   But even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had, a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new President of Ukraine, he had some things that were not flattering to say about Marie Yovanovitch from her job. And that came out of the -- out of the blue, so, you know, it would be nice to have somebody that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky liked, because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's going -- the person will have to deal with the President of Ukraine.

5. Milo Ventimiglia:

   I got a call from my rep saying, ‘So, Jennifer wants you and only you,’ and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s flattering.’ I’m very flattered by that.