flattered
adjective, verb
flattered is an adjective meaning “In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-T-T-E-R-E-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears 1.7 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does flattered mean?
adjective
- 1
In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of flatter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flattered?
- US
Flattered has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-flattered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flattered
- more flattered comparative
- most flattered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flattered?
Flattered appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Flattered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flatté |
| German | geschmeichelt |
| Portuguese | lisonjeado |
| Spanish | halagado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.