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Flatter

verb

(past & past part. flattered; pres. part. flattering)

Praise somewhat dishonestly. Synonym: blandish. Antonym: disparage.

Flat

adjective

(compar. flatter; superl. flattest)

Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. Synonyms: level, plane. "Acres of level farmland" , "A plane surface" , "Skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness.

Not modified or restricted by reservations. Synonyms: categoric, categorical, unconditional. "A flat refusal"

Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. Synonym: prostrate.

Lacking contrast or shading between tones. Antonym: contrasty.

(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. Antonyms: natural, sharp.

Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). Synonym: compressed.

Lacking taste or flavor or tang. Synonyms: bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid. "Insipid hospital food" , "Flavorless supermarket tomatoes" , "Vapid beer" , "Vapid tea"

Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting. Synonym: bland. "A flat joke"

10.

Having lost effervescence. "A flat cola"

11.

Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. Synonyms: monotone, monotonic, monotonous.

12.

Horizontally level.

13.

Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth. Synonyms: 2-dimensional, two-dimensional. "A flat two-dimensional painting"

14.

Not reflecting light; not glossy. Synonyms: mat, matt, matte, matted. "A photograph with a matte finish"

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Commercially inactive. "Prices remained flat" , "A flat market"