English-Dutch translations for flattering

• gevlei
• vleiend
  Ik begrijp niet waarom de aftredende Zuid-Koreaanse president Kim zo vleiend spreekt over zijn collega in Pyongyang. I am at a loss as to why out-going President Kim of South Korea is so flattering about his Pyongyang counterpart.
  Het is vleiend dat de Raad onze verslagen zo serieus neemt en ze op dergelijke wijze wil bespreken. It is rather flattering that the Council takes our reports so seriously and wants to discuss them in such a manner.
  namens de EFD-Fractie. - Voorzitter, Oekraïne haalde begin deze week - ik zeg het hier maar in dit auditorium - jammer genoeg op weinig vleiende wijze de Nederlandse pers. Mr President, at the beginning of this week, Ukraine made headlines in the Dutch press - and I will say it in this auditorium - not very flattering headlines, unfortunately.
• vleierig

Definition of flattering

• Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good
• The action of the verb to flatter

Examples

• The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure

Related words

• flatter
• flattered
• flatterer
• flattery
• unflattering
• flatteringly
• every flatterer lives at the expense of his listener
• feel flattered