flattering

The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.

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.