Flattering
Pronunciation : Flat"ter*ing
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech. Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak. A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they ought be, not as they are. Goldsmith.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913