Flattering

That new biography of the prince puts him in a less than flattering light.

In the U.S. it is disrespectful to slurp while eating noodles, but in Japan it is considered polite and even flattering.

A flattering friend is your worst enemy.

A second look may be flattering; after that, things go downhill: first to staring, then to ogling, finally to frankly leering.

You're flattering me.

That's very flattering.

Often she was very sad and lonely, and it happened that one day while she was seated at the window, letting salt tears drop on her work, an old woman, a kind, homely-looking old body, stepped up to the window, and, leaning upon her crutch, addressed the Queen in friendly, flattering tones.

Although the book cover officially credited Tom as the memoir's author, his paid ghostwriter came to regret portraying the subject of his book in a flattering light.

It is said we earthly monarchs are the image of God, so I looked at myself in the mirror. It's not very flattering for the good Lord.

Mary, you're flattering me.