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  1. flatteredadjective

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

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  1. flattered

    Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. It is also used in pick-up lines when attempting to initiate sexual or romantic courtship. Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen. In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning monarch, as Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in The Faerie Queene, William Shakespeare flattered King James I in Macbeth and Niccolò Machiavelli flattered Lorenzo II de' Medici in The Prince. Many associations with flattery, however, are negative. Negative descriptions of flattery range at least as far back in history as the Bible. In the Divine Comedy, Dante depicts flatterers wading in human excrement, stating that their words were the equivalent of excrement, in the second bolgia of 8th Circle of Hell. An insincere flatterer is a stock character in many literary works. Examples include Wormtongue from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Goneril and Regan from King Lear, and Iago from Othello.

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  1. Flattered

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flattered in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flattered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of flattered in a Sentence

  1. David Letterman:

    I was flattered. I was pleased. I felt like I still have a small voice in this. I thought it was good.

  2. Carly Fiorina:

    Many people have commented on the comparison and I’m flattered by it, frankly, margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and perilous time.

  3. Malcolm Turnbull:

    Lucy was very flattered, she was very flattered, she's asked me to say that she found the President's compliment as charming as it was memorable.

  4. Karen Delk:

    Thank you, I am flattered you are trying to retain me, but this other offer has everything that I am looking for in terms of short - and long-term opportunities.

  5. Steven Spielberg:

    I get really flattered when people like my films but I can never see the films the way they can, i am never going to enjoy my own output the way other people can.

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