- 5. Vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, flashy, mawkish.
- 6. Peremptory, absolute, positive, downright.
- 7. (Mus.) Below true pitch.
- 8. (Mus.) Lower by a semitone, a semitone lower.
Flat, n.
- 1. Shoal, shallow, strand, bar, sand bank.
- 2. Plain, lowland, level piece of country, champaign.
- 3. (Colloq.) Simpleton, ninny. See dunce.
- 4. Floor, story, apartment.
Flat-iron, n. Sad-iron, smoothing iron.
Flatten, v. a. Make flat (in all the senses of the adjective; which see).
Flatten, v. a.
- 1. Compliment, gratify by praise.
- 2. Cajole, wheedle, blandish, humor, coax, court, coddle, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to
win by adulation, make much of.
- 3. Encourage by plausible representations, inspire with false hopes.
Flatterer, n. Sycophant, fawner, parasite, wheedler, toady, flunky, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad- eater.
Flattery, n.
- 1. Pretended compliment, insincere commendation, false praise.
- 2. Obsequiousness, sycophancy, servility, cajolery, fawning, adulation, blandishment, blarney.
Flatulence, Flatulency, n. Windiness (in the bowels).
Flatulent, a. Windy.