See flattering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "flatteringness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "flatering"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flatering",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "flatter + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more flattering",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most flattering",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flattering (comparative more flattering, superlative most flattering)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unbecoming"
},
{
"word": "unflattering"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "41 24 25 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 17 23 10 8 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 18 19 10 7 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 21 25 4 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 21 24 4 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 17 19 10 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 17 19 10 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 16 18 6 4 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 16 19 9 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 17 19 10 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 17 19 10 7 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 19 15 11 8 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 22 16 10 6 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 17 19 10 8 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 16 19 8 6 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 17 20 9 6 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
35,
45
]
],
"text": "The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good."
],
"id": "en-flattering-en-adj-G62qocfp",
"links": [
[
"Attractive",
"attractive"
],
[
"good-looking",
"good-looking"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "becoming"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "privlekatelen",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "привлекателен"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "obajatelen",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "обаятелен"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "afalagador"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "flatterende"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "imarteleva"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "mairitteleva"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "schmeichelhaft"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kolakeftikós",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "κολακευτικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "előnyös"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "kedvező"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "flatterende"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "lisonjero"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "lisonjeador"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 4 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "smickrande"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Gratifying to one's self-esteem; complimentary."
],
"id": "en-flattering-en-adj-R5uBuyO0",
"links": [
[
"Gratifying",
"gratifying"
],
[
"complimentary",
"complimentary"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 87 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "pohvalen",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "похвален"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 87 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "megtisztelő"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 87 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "jóleső"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 87 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "elismerő"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"That which represents too favorably."
],
"id": "en-flattering-en-adj-LbmPK4jn",
"links": [
[
"favorably",
"favorably"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an image etc.) That which represents too favorably."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an image etc."
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 3 93",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "laskatelen",
"sense": "that which represents too favorably",
"word": "ласкателен"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 93",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "that which represents too favorably",
"word": "flata"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 3 93",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "that which represents too favorably",
"word": "hízelgő"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "flă'tərĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flattering.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg/En-us-flattering.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg"
}
],
"word": "flattering"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "flatering"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flatering",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "flatter + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "flattering",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "flatter"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of flatter"
],
"id": "en-flattering-en-verb-I4P5eW~L",
"links": [
[
"flatter",
"flatter#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "flă'tərĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flattering.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg/En-us-flattering.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg"
}
],
"word": "flattering"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "flatering"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flatering",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "flatter + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flatterings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flattering (plural flatterings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The action of the verb to flatter."
],
"id": "en-flattering-en-noun-Wccs9VEa",
"links": [
[
"flatter",
"flatter"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Instances of flattery."
],
"id": "en-flattering-en-noun-G1SGGWnf",
"links": [
[
"flattery",
"flattery"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "flă'tərĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flattering.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg/En-us-flattering.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flattery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "soft sawder"
}
],
"word": "flattering"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English verb forms",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
"Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "flatteringness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "flatering"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flatering",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "flatter + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more flattering",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most flattering",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flattering (comparative more flattering, superlative most flattering)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unbecoming"
},
{
"word": "unflattering"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
35,
45
]
],
"text": "The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good."
],
"links": [
[
"Attractive",
"attractive"
],
[
"good-looking",
"good-looking"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "becoming"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Gratifying to one's self-esteem; complimentary."
],
"links": [
[
"Gratifying",
"gratifying"
],
[
"complimentary",
"complimentary"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"That which represents too favorably."
],
"links": [
[
"favorably",
"favorably"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of an image etc.) That which represents too favorably."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of an image etc."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "flă'tərĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flattering.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg/En-us-flattering.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "privlekatelen",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "привлекателен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "obajatelen",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "обаятелен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "afalagador"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "flatterende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "imarteleva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "mairitteleva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "schmeichelhaft"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "kolakeftikós",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "κολακευτικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "előnyös"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "kedvező"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "flatterende"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "lisonjero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "lisonjeador"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good",
"word": "smickrande"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "pohvalen",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "похвален"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "megtisztelő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "jóleső"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "gratifying, complimentary",
"word": "elismerő"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "laskatelen",
"sense": "that which represents too favorably",
"word": "ласкателен"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "that which represents too favorably",
"word": "flata"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "that which represents too favorably",
"word": "hízelgő"
}
],
"word": "flattering"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English verb forms",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
"Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "flatering"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flatering",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "flatter + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "flattering",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "flatter"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of flatter"
],
"links": [
[
"flatter",
"flatter#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "flă'tərĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flattering.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg/En-us-flattering.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg"
}
],
"word": "flattering"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English verb forms",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
"Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "flatering"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flatering",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "ing"
},
"expansion": "flatter + -ing",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flatering, flatrung (gerund), equivalent to flatter + -ing.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flatterings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "flattering (plural flatterings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The action of the verb to flatter."
],
"links": [
[
"flatter",
"flatter"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Instances of flattery."
],
"links": [
[
"flattery",
"flattery"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "flă'tərĭng"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-flattering.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg/En-us-flattering.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-flattering.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "flattery"
},
{
"word": "soft sawder"
}
],
"word": "flattering"
}
Download raw JSONL data for flattering meaning in English (9.5kB)
{
"called_from": "page/2530",
"msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
"path": [
"flattering"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "flattering",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (e97c820 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.