flatter
verb (used with object)
to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
will be flattering
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future progressiveof flatter.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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Some of it will be flattering and some of it will be unflattering, but all of it will be entirely human.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
It will be flattering to me of course.
From Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
“I am thinking you will be flattering me,” she said, “but I know my English is not good, for there are few in these parts that I can speak to in it.”
From A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr
If the speech announces Mr Oswald's commission, and the two Houses in their answers thank him for issuing it, and there should be no change in the Ministry, the prospect of peace will be flattering.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
