0 past simple and past participle of flatter --
1 to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere: --
I was flattered to hear so many quotes from my previous speeches.
That is one of the reasons for my being flattered to receive the invitation and delighted to accept it.
I am flattered that that should be so.
I was flattered that he felt that a visit from me would be such a catalyst that work would progress apace and almost instantly.
I was flattered to learn that certain organisations had reprinted my speech.
I am both amused and flattered by his constant attention.
He flattered so many of us in those later years of his career by his attention to our work and his quick grasp and appreciation of its details.
Like many great engineers, while disclaming any pretension to make architecture or practise an 'art', he was clearly flattered by the attention architects gave to his bridges and buildings.
