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Webster 1913 Edition
Flattering
Flat′ter-ing
,Adj.
That flatters (in the various senses of the verb);
as, a
. flattering
speechLay not that
flattering
unction to your soul. Shakespeare
A
To draw men as they ought be, not as they are.
flattering
painter, who made it his care,To draw men as they ought be, not as they are.
Goldsmith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flattering
FLAT'TERING
, ppr.1.
Gratifying with praise; pleasing by applause; wheedling; coaxing.2.
a. Pleasing to pride or vanity; gratifying to self-love; as a flattering eulogy. The minister gives a flattering account of his reception at court.3.
Pleasing; favorable; encouraging hope. We have a flattering prospect of an abundant harvest. The symptoms of the disease are flattering.4.
Practicing adulation; uttering false praise; as a flattering tongue.