flatter

(verb) praise somewhat dishonestly. Synonyms: blandish.

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

(adj) having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness. Synonyms: flat. Example: "Flat computer monitors."

(adj) not modified or restricted by reservations. Synonyms: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional. Examples: "A categorical denial." "A flat refusal."

(adj) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. Synonyms: flat, prostrate. Example: "Found himself lying flat on the floor."

(adj) lacking contrast or shading between tones. Synonyms: flat (vs. contrasty).

(adj) (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. Synonyms: flat (vs. natural) (vs. sharp). Example: "B flat."

(adj) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). Synonyms: compressed, flat.

(adj) lacking taste or flavor or tang. Synonyms: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid. Examples: "A bland diet." "Insipid hospital food." "Flavorless supermarket tomatoes." "Vapid beer." "Vapid tea."

(adj) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting. Synonyms: bland, flat. Examples: "A bland little drama." "A flat joke."

(adj) having lost effervescence. Synonyms: flat. Examples: "Flat beer." "A flat cola."

(adj) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. Synonyms: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous. Example: "The owl's faint monotonous hooting."

(adj) horizontally level. Synonyms: flat. Example: "A flat roof."

(adj) lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth. Synonyms: two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, flat. Examples: "A film with two-dimensional characters." "A flat two-dimensional painting."

(adj) not reflecting light; not glossy. Synonyms: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted. Examples: "Flat wall paint." "A photograph with a matte finish."

(adj) commercially inactive. Synonyms: flat. Examples: "Flat sales for the month." "Prices remained flat." "A flat market."