| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Flatter.[Websters]
2. To have soothed, wooed, fondled, coaxed or wheedled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be pleased or delighted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have encouraged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be polished or burnished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be graded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have levelled or smoothed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have planed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be roomed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be privileged or advantaged.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flatter.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flatter) | 1. Praise somewhat dishonestly.[Wordnet]. 2. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.[Websters]. 3. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.[Websters]. 4. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.[Websters]. 5. To use flattery or insincere praise.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: flattering, flattered, flatters, flatterer, flatterers, flatteringly and flatteredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being pleased.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being polished or burnished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being graded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being privileged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being glorified. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being principled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being sugared or honeyed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLATTERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLATTERED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Soothed by praise; pleased by commendation; gratified with hopes, false or well founded; wheedled.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself. (references) | 2: [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of flatter. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
