What it means
- (verb) To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
- (verb) To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
- (verb) To portray someone to advantage. “Her portrait flatters her.”
- (verb) To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
- (noun) The action of the verb to flatter.
- (noun) Instances of flattery.
- (adjective) Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good “The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.”
Letter analysis
- Flattering contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Words that mean the same
Antonyms
Sub-words
- faltering
- aglitter
- alerting
- altering
- filtrate
- finagler
- flatting
- fretting
- integral
- rattling
- relating
- treating
- triangle
- elating
- fainter
- farting
- fattier
- fearing
- felting
- finagle
- flaring
- flatten
- flatter
- fragile
- frigate
- gantlet
- gelatin
- genital
- glitter
- granite
- inflate
- ingrate
- latrine
- leafing
- letting
- nattier
- nitrate
- rafting
- ratting
- realign
- reliant
- retinal
- ringlet
- tangier
- tearing
- angler
- antler
- attire
- eating
- entail
- fainer
- falter
- faring
- fating
- fatten
- fatter
- feting
- filter
- finale
Related words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with FLA
- flab
- flabbergast
- flabbergasted
- flabbergasting
- flabbergasts
- flabbier
- flabbiest
- flabbiness
- flabby
- flaccid
- flack
- flacks
- flag
- flagella
- flagellate
- flagellated
- flagellates
- flagellating
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Flattering mean?
To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
How many letters are in Flattering?
Flattering has 10 letters.
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