flatter
verb (used with object)
to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
has been flattering
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present perfect progressiveof flatter (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Bosa said the praise from Mack has been flattering and that they have been bouncing ideas off each other since they have different styles.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
His boss has asked Cliton to get from Isabelle the name of the beauty Dorante has been flattering, but when he asks, she assumes he means the also lovely Lucrece.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
Death has been flattering to the King, slimming him once more to a narrow-hipped hayseed, given to bold, abrupt gyrations and soft-voiced exclamations of wonder.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have certainly devoted some time to it, but I can't say that my success has been flattering.
From From Whose Bourne by Robert Barr
But Miss Moore has been flattering me dreadfully.
From The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies by Laura Dent Crane
