English-Finnish translations for flattering

• imarteleva
  Euroopan unionin edustuksen osalta kuva oli, suoraan sanottuna, vähemmän imarteleva. As far as the representation of the European Union is concerned, the picture, quite frankly, was less flattering.
  Sen lisäksi on tulossa Euroopan yhteisöjen tilintarkastustuomioistuimen kertomus parlamentin puolueryhmittymien varojenkäytöstä, eikä sekään ole parlamentille imarteleva. In addition, a report by the Court of Auditors of the European Communities is due shortly on the use of resources by Parliament' s political groups, and it is not a flattering picture.
• mairitteleva
  Jos se ei tee niin, äänestäjiemme mielipide meistä ei ole lainkaan mairitteleva. If it does not, our electorate’s opinion of us will be far from flattering.

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