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flattered

flattered adjective: in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself. Also the simple past and past participle of flatter.

Adjective

flattered (comparative more flattered, superlative most flattered)

  1. In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.

Also used as

flattered is also the simple past and past participle of flatter.

flattered meaning in Indonesian

flattered in Indonesian

in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
tersanjung

Examples of flattered in a sentence

  • I'm really flattered you would call your daughter after me.
  • Before the results came out, I flattered myself that I had done well on the test. It turned out I was the worst in the class!
  • Flattered at her interest (she was popular!), I flopped it open to her.

All 27 example sentences with flattered

Forms of flattered

comparativemore flattered
superlativemost flattered

Words formed from flattered

Phrases with flattered

Questions about flattered

What does flattered mean?
Flattered means in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.
What is flattered in Indonesian?
Flattered in Indonesian is tersanjung. See Flattered meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is flattered?
Flattered is an adjective.

Words near flattered in the dictionary

  1. flatter
  2. flatter oneself
  3. flatter to deceive
  4. flatter-chested
  5. flatterable
  6. flattered
  7. flattered oneself
  8. flatterer
  9. flatterers
  10. flatteress
  11. flatteresses

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