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i flatter vs i flattered

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I flatter' is present tense, while 'I flattered' is past tense. 'I flatter' is used when someone is currently flattering someone else, while 'I flattered' is used when someone has already flattered someone in the past.

Last updated: March 17, 2024 • 1030 views

i flatter

This phrase is correct in the present tense when someone is currently flattering someone else.

Use 'I flatter' when you want to express that you are currently flattering someone or trying to make them feel good about themselves.

Examples:

  • I flatter you because you are so talented.
  • She always flatters her boss to get ahead at work.
  • (tr) to congratulate or deceive (oneself): I flatter myself that I am the best. [C13: probably from Old French flater to lick, fawn upon, of Frankish origin]. ˈflatterable  ...
  • A phrase used when attempting to be inconspicuously narcissistic. I flatter myself I'm the shit. by javawizard November 18, 2012. 6 1. Add your own.
  • I flatter myself on my skill in dancing. = I flatter myself that I'm a good dancer. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples ...
  • b : to encourage or gratify especially with the assurance that something is right <I flatter myself that my interpretation is correct>. 3. a : to portray too favorably ...

Alternatives:

  • I am flattering
  • I flatter him

i flattered

This phrase is correct in the past tense when someone has already flattered someone in the past.

Use 'I flattered' when you want to talk about a situation where you have already praised or complimented someone in the past.

Examples:

  • I flattered her with my compliments.
  • He flattered the guests with his charming words.
  • ... and me, too, the spring was filling with strange, undefinable longings, and though I flattered myself that I had set out in pursuance of a definitely taken resolve, ...
  • v. flat·tered, flat·ter·ing, flat·ters. v.tr. 1. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor. 2. To please or gratify the vanity of: " What ...
  • Example Sentences Including 'flattered'. Part of me can't help but admire such apathy; such supreme detachment is something I flattered myself I had mastered.
  • Of the six edicts four were of minor importance, and, I flattered myself, even of his friendship and esteem, I never had that of his correspondence," but there is no ...

Alternatives:

  • I praised
  • I complimented

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