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Verb: flatter flatu(r)- Praise somewhat dishonestly
- blandish Adjective: flat (flatter,flattest) flat- Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
"a flat desk"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" - level, plane - Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
"flat computer monitors" - Not modified or restricted by reservations
"a flat refusal" - categoric, categorical, unconditional - Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
"found himself lying flat on the floor" - prostrate - Lacking contrast or shading between tones
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
"B flat" - Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- compressed - Lacking taste or flavour or tang
- bland, flavorless [US], flavourless [Brit, Cdn], insipid, savorless [US], savourless [Brit, Cdn], vapid - Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
"a flat joke" - bland - Having lost effervescence
"flat beer"; "a flat cola" - Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- monotone, monotonic, monotonous - Horizontally level
"a flat roof" - Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
"a flat two-dimensional painting" - two-dimensional, 2-dimensional - Not reflecting light; not glossy
"flat wall paint" - mat, matt, matte, matted - Commercially inactive
"flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market" - [Brit] Drained of electric charge; discharged
- dead, drained
Derived forms: flattering, flatters, flattered See also: dull, even, flatness, flatterer, flattery, horizontal, inactive, multidimensional, noneffervescent, planar, tasteless, thin, two-dimensional, uncharged, unerect, unexciting, unmodulated, unqualified, unstimulating Type of: praise Antonym: contrasty, disparage, natural, sharp Encyclopedia: Flat, Alaska Flat, MO Flat Flat, AK Flat, Missouri Flat, Texas Flat, tx Flat, Puy-de-Dome Flat, Puy-de-Dôme Flatter |