Found 3 items, similar to Flattered.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: flatter
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flatter
flat
adj 1: having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or
lower than another;
“a flat desk”;
“acres of level
farmland”;
“a plane surface” [syn:
level,
plane]
2: having no depth or thickness
3: not modified or restricted by reservations;
“a categorical
denial”;
“a flat refusal” [syn:
categoric,
categorical,
unconditional]
4: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
“found himself lying flat on the floor” [syn:
prostrate]
5: lacking contrast or shading between tones [ant:
contrasty]
6: lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
“B flat” [ant:
natural,
sharp]
7: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain
leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn:
compressed]
8: lacking taste or flavor or tang;
“a bland diet”;
“insipid
hospital food”;
“flavorless supermarket tomatoes”;
“vapid
beer”;
“vapid tea” [syn:
bland,
flavorless,
flavourless,
insipid,
savorless,
savourless,
vapid]
9: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;
“a bland
little drama”;
“a flat joke” [syn:
bland]
10: having lost effervescence;
“flat beer”;
“a flat cola”
11: not increasing as the amount taxed increases [syn:
fixed]
12: not made with leavening;
“most flat breads are made from
unleavened dough” [syn:
unraised]
13: parallel to the ground;
“a flat roof”
14: without pleats [syn:
unpleated]
15: lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an
illusion or depth;
“a film with two-dimensional
characters”;
“a flat two-dimensional painting” [syn:
two-dimensional]
16: (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
17: not reflecting light; not glossy;
“flat wall paint”;
“a
photograph with a matte finish” [syn:
mat,
matt,
matte,
matted]
18: lacking variety in shading;
“a flat unshaded painting”
[also:
flatting,
flatted,
flattest,
flatter]
flat
adv 1: at full length;
“he fell flat on his face”
2: with flat sails;
“sail flat against the wind”
3: below the proper pitch;
“she sang flat last night”
4: against a flat surface;
“he lay flat on his back”
5: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;
“he didn't
answer directly”;
“told me straight out”;
“came out flat
for less work and more pay” [syn:
directly,
straight]
[ant:
indirectly]
6: wholly or completely;
“He is flat broke”
[also:
flatting,
flatted,
flattest,
flatter]
flat
n 1: a level tract of land
2: a shallow box in which seedlings are started
3: a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the
note named
4: freight car without permanent sides or roof [syn:
flatcar,
flatbed]
5: a deflated pneumatic tire [syn:
flat tire]
6: scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted
canvas; part of a stage setting
7: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
[syn:
apartment]
[also:
flatting,
flatted,
flattest,
flatter]
flatter
v : praise somewhat dishonestly [syn:
blandish] [ant:
disparage]
flatter
See
flat
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flattered
Flatter
\Flat"ter\ (fl[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Flattered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flattering.] [OE. flateren,
cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel.
fla[eth]ra to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf.
Flitter,
Flutter,
Flattery.]
1. 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.
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When I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered. --Shak.
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A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net
for his feet. --Prov. xxix.
5.
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Others he flattered by asking their advice.
--Prescott.
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2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but
sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
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3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of;
as, his portrait flatters him.
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