flattering oor Xhosa

flattering

/ˈflætərɪŋ/ adjektief, naamwoord, werkwoord

Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.

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They desired prominence and flattering titles.
Babefuna udumo nokubizwa ngamagama akhethekileyo.

As a young woman,* you may have felt happy and flattered—even thrilled!
Njengebhinqa eliselula* usenokuba uye waziva wonwabile okanye uchwayitile—unemincili engathethekiyo!

At times, you may be flattered to be treated like a grown-up.
Maxa wambi, usenokuvuyiswa kukuphathwa ngokomntu okhulileyo.

Proud and vain, pharaohs, kings, and emperors ensured that their historical legacy was flattering.
Oofaro ookumkani nabalawuli abanekratshi nabanamabhongo babeqinisekisa ukuba imbali engabo yayibazukisa ngokugqithiseleyo.

Like faithful Elihu, they determinedly pray: “Let me not be partial toward anybody, nor flatter any man; for I do not know how to flatter, else would my Maker soon take me away.”
NjengoElihu othembekileyo, athandaza ngokuzimisela esithi: “Mandingakhe ndikhethe ubuso bukabani, ndingakhe ndikhohlise nabani na; kuba andikwazi ukukhohlisa, okanye ubeya kundisusa kalula uMenzi wam.”

Tertullus first praised Felix for what he was doing for the Jews, evidently to flatter him and gain his favor.
UTertulo waqala ngokumqhwabel’ izandla uFeliks ngezinto awayezenzele amaYuda, phofu kucaca ukuba wayezithandisa ezama ukuthambisa intliziyo yakhe.

Be wary of such flattering attention.
Umele ubulumkele ububele obunjalo.

Anybody can please and flatter, but a true friend says unpleasant things, for he knows that he is doing good.”
Nabani na angakukholisa okanye akuqhathe, kodwa umhlobo wenene uthetha izinto ezingemnandanga, kuba uyazi ukuba uyalungisa.”

“At first,” she says, “I was flattered that my boyfriend was always worrying about where I was, what I was doing, and who I was with.
Uthi: “Ekuqaleni, ndandiyithanda into yokuba umfana endithandana naye esoloko efun’ ukwazi apho ndikhoyo, into endiyenzayo nabantu endikunye nabo.

(Proverbs 16:25) King Ahab wanted to hear only what pleased him; his servants even asked the prophet Micaiah to let his word become “like the word of one of them [Ahab’s flattering prophets], and you must speak good.”
(IMizekeliso 16:25) UKumkani uAhabhi wayefuna ukuva kuphela oko kwakumkholisa; abakhonzi bakhe bacela kwanomprofeti uMikaya ukuba ilizwi lakhe libe ‘njengelizwi labo [abaprofeti baka-Ahabi abakhohlisayo], athethe okuhle.’

I do not want to flatter you, but this is the best information that I have ever read about faith.”
Andifuni kube ndityibela ndinincoma, kodwa ayikho enye inkcazelo engokholo efana nale kwendakha ndazifunda.”

It flatters us to know that we are valued, and it makes us feel attractive.
Kumnandi ukwazi ukuba sixatyisiwe kwaye kusenza sizibone sibahle.

Harlotlike, they have seduced earth’s politicians, flattering the UN and forming illicit relations with its member political powers.
Njengehenyukazi, luye lwahenda abezobupolitika behlabathi, lwadumisa iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo lwaza lwaba nolwalamano olungekho mthethweni namalungu azo angamagunya ezobupolitika.

A flattering, sweet-talking, debonair salesman, who may also act as their dancing instructor, is difficult to resist.
Kunzima ukungavumelani nomthengisi othetha kamnandi, nonolwimi olugudileyo, nosenokuthi uza kubafundisa ngokwakhe umdaniso.

Then, like Paul, they would be able to say: “At no time have we turned up either with flattering speech . . . or with a false front for covetousness.”—Job 32:21, 22, An American Translation; 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 6.
Ngoko, njengoPawulos, baya kukwazi ukuthi: “Asizange nangaliphi na ixesha size enoba kungentetho yokunyhweleza . . . okanye ngembonakalo yobuxoki yenkanuko.”—Yobhi 32:21, 22, An American Translation; 1 Tesalonika 2:5, 6.

12 Therefore, Jacob seeing that their enemies were more numerous than they, he being the king of the band, therefore he commanded his people that they should take their flight into the northernmost part of the land, and there build up unto themselves a akingdom, until they were joined by dissenters, (for he flattered them that there would be many dissenters) and they become sufficiently strong to contend with the tribes of the people; and they did so.
12 Ke ngoko, uYakobi ebona okokuba iintshaba zabo zaziyintlaninge ngaphezulu kunabo, yena ke ekubeni engukumkani weqela, ke ngoko wabayalela abantu bakhe okokuba basabe bangene kumantla akude ommandla welizwe, baze apho bazakhele aubukumkani, bade bangenelelwe ngabakreqi, (kuba wabathembisa okokuba kuya kubakho abakreqi abaninzi) baze bade bomelele ngokwaneleyo ukuba balwe kunye nezizwe zabantu; kwaye benza njalo.

True Christians today avoid using flattering religious titles, and they avoid the practice of setting men on ecclesiastical pedestals.
AmaKristu okwenyaniso namhlanje ayakuphepha ukusebenzisa izibizo zonqulo zokuzigwagwisa, yaye ayakuphepha ukuphakamisa abantu ngenxa yezikhundla abakuzo ngokonqulo.

The glamour of materialism, the seduction of immorality, the attractiveness of prominence, the flattering appeal of “me first,” and the magnetism of nationalism —these are all traps of Satan and must be identified as such.
Ukuthanda ubunewunewu, ukunqwenela ukuziphatha okubi, ukufuna udumo, ukucingela iziqu zethu kuphela nomoya wokuthand’ izwe—yonke leyo yimigibe kaSathana esimele siyilumkele.

Many ancient writers flattered their leaders and glorified their kingdoms.
Ababhali bexesha lakudala babethetha kamnandi ngeenkokeli zabo, bebazukisa nookumkani babo.

Some may find it amusing—or even flattering.
Olunye lusenokuyifumanisa ihlekisa—okanye iyinto nje emyoli.

Some young men seem to welcome this turn of events; they are flattered by the female attention.
Kubonakala ukuba bambi abafana bayalwamkela olu tshintsho lweemeko; bayonwatyiswa kukufumana ingqalelo yamabhinqa.

Why is flattering speech so displeasing to Jehovah?
Kutheni intetho ekhohlisayo ingamkholisi kangaka nje uYehova?

31 And it came to pass that he flattered them by his words, saying: My brethren, be of good cheer and let us go in search of the flocks, and we will gather them together and bring them back unto the place of water; and thus we will preserve the flocks unto the king and he will not slay us.
31 Kwaye kwenzekile okokuba wabakhuthaza ngamazwi akhe, esithi: Bazalwana bam, yomelelani kwaye masihambeni siye kuyikhangela imihlambi, kwaye siya kuyihlanganisa kunye size siyibuyisele kuyo indawo yamanzi; size njalo siyilondolozele ukumkani imihlambi kwaye akasayi kusibulala.

Patiently point out that immodest styles are really not flattering.
Mchazele kakuhle ukuba eneneni ayibukeleki into yokunxiba ngokungandilisekanga.

18 If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will likely have to admit that when we sense that someone of the opposite sex has a romantic interest in us, we feel flattered.
18 Ukuba sinyanisekile, inkoliso yethu iya kuvuma ukuba siyavuya xa siphawula ukuba umntu wesinye isini ubonakalisa umdla kuthi.