flatter

Meanings

Verb

• praise somewhat dishonestly

Adjective Satellite

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
• having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
• not modified or restricted by reservations
• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
• lacking taste or flavor or tang
• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
• having lost effervescence
• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
• horizontally level
• lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
• not reflecting light; not glossy
• commercially inactive

Adjective

• lacking contrast or shading between tones
• (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

Synonyms

2-dimensional, bland, blandish, categoric, categorical, compressed, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, level, mat, matt, matte, matted, monotone, monotonic, monotonous, plane, prostrate, savorless, savourless, two-dimensional, unconditional, vapid

Antonyms

contrasty, disparage, natural, sharp