Definition of Flattering

Flat´ter`ing
a.1.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.


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