To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
Infinitiveflatter
Past simpleflattered
Past participleflattered
-ing formflattering
Full conjugation of the English verb to flatter (past simple flattered,
past participle flattered):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
flatter
you
flatter
he/she/it
flatters
we
flatter
you
flatter
they
flatter
Present continuous
I
am flattering
you
are flattering
he/she/it
is flattering
we
are flattering
you
are flattering
they
are flattering
Present perfect
I
have flattered
you
have flattered
he/she/it
has flattered
we
have flattered
you
have flattered
they
have flattered
Present perfect continuous
I
have been flattering
you
have been flattering
he/she/it
has been flattering
we
have been flattering
you
have been flattering
they
have been flattering
Past simple
I
flattered
you
flattered
he/she/it
flattered
we
flattered
you
flattered
they
flattered
Past continuous
I
was flattering
you
were flattering
he/she/it
was flattering
we
were flattering
you
were flattering
they
were flattering
Past perfect
I
had flattered
you
had flattered
he/she/it
had flattered
we
had flattered
you
had flattered
they
had flattered
Past perfect continuous
I
had been flattering
you
had been flattering
he/she/it
had been flattering
we
had been flattering
you
had been flattering
they
had been flattering
Future simple
I
will flatter
you
will flatter
he/she/it
will flatter
we
will flatter
you
will flatter
they
will flatter
Future continuous
I
will be flattering
you
will be flattering
he/she/it
will be flattering
we
will be flattering
you
will be flattering
they
will be flattering
Future perfect
I
will have flattered
you
will have flattered
he/she/it
will have flattered
we
will have flattered
you
will have flattered
they
will have flattered
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been flattering
you
will have been flattering
he/she/it
will have been flattering
we
will have been flattering
you
will have been flattering
they
will have been flattering
Conditional
Present
I
would flatter
you
would flatter
he/she/it
would flatter
we
would flatter
you
would flatter
they
would flatter
Present continuous
I
would be flattering
you
would be flattering
he/she/it
would be flattering
we
would be flattering
you
would be flattering
they
would be flattering
Perfect
I
would have flattered
you
would have flattered
he/she/it
would have flattered
we
would have flattered
you
would have flattered
they
would have flattered
Perfect continuous
I
would have been flattering
you
would have been flattering
he/she/it
would have been flattering
we
would have been flattering
you
would have been flattering
they
would have been flattering
Subjunctive
Present
that I
flatter
that you
flatter
that he/she/it
flatter
that we
flatter
that you
flatter
that they
flatter
Past
if I
flattered
if you
flattered
if he/she/it
flattered
if we
flattered
if you
flattered
if they
flattered
Imperative
Affirmative
you
flatter
we
let's flatter
Negative
you
don't flatter
we
let's not flatter
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to flatter
Perfect infinitive
to have flattered
Present participle / gerund
flattering
Past participle
flattered
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