Usually means: Enhances appearance, boosts self-esteem.
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  1. flattering: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. flattering: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flattering: Collins English Dictionary
  4. flattering: Vocabulary.com
  5. Flattering, flattering: Wordnik
  6. flattering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. flattering: Wiktionary
  8. Flattering, flattering: Dictionary.com
  9. flattering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Flattering: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Flattering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. flattering: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. flattering: Rhymezone
  14. Flattering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. flattering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. flattering: Free Dictionary
  17. flattering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. flattering: Dictionary/thesaurus
  19. flattering: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. flattering: Legal dictionary

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  1. flattering: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.
adjective:  Gratifying to one's self-esteem; complimentary.
adjective:  (of an image etc.) That which represents too favorably.
noun:  The action of the verb to flatter.
noun:  Instances of flattery.

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