Definitions for: Flattering

[adj] tending to reveal or represent favorably

Webster (1913) Definition: Flat"ter*ing, a.
That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a
flattering speech.

Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. --Shak.

A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men
as they ought be, not as they are. --Goldsmith.

Synonyms: adulatory, becoming, complimentary, ingratiating, ingratiatory

Antonyms: unflattering