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flattered

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.

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2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of flatter

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Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շոյված (šoyvac) — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Catalan: lloat — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 受寵若驚 /受宠若惊 (shòuchǒngruòjīng) — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Finnish: imarreltu — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Finnish: otettu — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • French: flatté — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • German: geschmeichelt — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Hungarian: megtisztelt — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Hungarian: boldog — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Indonesian: tersanjung — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Japanese: 光栄に思って (kōei ni omotte) — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Portuguese: lisonjeado — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Russian: польщённый (polʹščónnyj) — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Slovak: podcteny — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Spanish: halagado — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
  • Swedish: smickrad — in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself