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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. Julian Castro:

    If I had a dime for every amount of speculation that happens in D.C., you know, I think all of us would be wealthy, who wouldn't be flattered by that.

  2. Wendy Anderson:

    Just caught me off guard, to be honest with you. Teared me up, i wasnt expecting it, and extremely flattered and thankful for those folks and so many others that have stepped up in so many different ways.

  3. Macaulay Culkin:

    They pursued me for 'The Big Bang Theory,' and I said no. It was kind of like, the way the pitch was, ‘Alright, these two astrophysicist nerds and a pretty girl lives with them. Yoinks!’ That was the pitch. And I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m cool, thanks.’ And then they came back at me again, and I said, ‘No, no, no. Again, flattered, but no.’ Then they came back at me again, and even my manager was like twisting my arm.

  4. Milo Ventimiglia:

    I got a call from my rep saying, ‘So, Jennifer wants you and only you,’ and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s flattering.’ I’m very flattered by that.

  5. 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.

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