(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:41:17

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.

 

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