: made to feel pleased by something gratifying (such as an honor or a sign or respect or deference)
I was very flattered to be asked to attend.
The honoree was clearly flattered. Or at least he smiled broadly.—
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Some readers may feel flattered and affirmed by the analogy, ensorcelled by the Murakami-verse.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Tourists coming home from Berlin, where they had been carefully shown around and flattered, praised the orderly regime of the country and its new master, and the English were coming to think that his claims to a Greater Germany might be justified.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
The mountainous landscape of the Oaxaca Valley conceals scores of grottoes that during more than 10,000 years of human occupation have served as sanctuaries associated with deities and forces of nature that can be coaxed, flattered or angered by mortals.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
The revelation earned a flattered grin from Horan, meanwhile Legend wanted to know what exactly Iris’ writings entailed.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
He is flattered but doesn’t take the attention too seriously.
—Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
Rap icons aside, The Tallahassee native is most flattered by the praise he’s gotten from people in his hometown.
—Ilana Woldenberg, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
Sounds bad, but hey, who wouldn’t be at least a little flattered if they were being portrayed by the one and only Salma Hayek?
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
Jonah Hauer-King is flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence as Harry Styles.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
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Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Tourists coming home from Berlin, where they had been carefully shown around and flattered, praised the orderly regime of the country and its new master, and the English were coming to think that his claims to a Greater Germany might be justified.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
The mountainous landscape of the Oaxaca Valley conceals scores of grottoes that during more than 10,000 years of human occupation have served as sanctuaries associated with deities and forces of nature that can be coaxed, flattered or angered by mortals.
—Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
The revelation earned a flattered grin from Horan, meanwhile Legend wanted to know what exactly Iris’ writings entailed.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
He is flattered but doesn’t take the attention too seriously.
—Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
Rap icons aside, The Tallahassee native is most flattered by the praise he’s gotten from people in his hometown.
—Ilana Woldenberg, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
Sounds bad, but hey, who wouldn’t be at least a little flattered if they were being portrayed by the one and only Salma Hayek?
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
Jonah Hauer-King is flattered to be mentioned in the same sentence as Harry Styles.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
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“Flattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flattered. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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