Flare, v. n.
- 1. Waver, flicker, flutter, stream broadly sideways, blaze unsteadily.
- 2. Glare, dazzle, shine forth suddenly, flame, blaze.
- 3. Widen, widen out, spread outward, flue, splay.
Flare, n. Glare, unsteady light.
Flare up. Fly into a passion, get angry, fire up, lose one’s temper, boil over with rage.
Flash, n.
- 1. Momentary blaze, sudden burst of light, gleam, glare.
- 2. Instant, moment, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.
- 3. Slang (of thieves and gypsies), cant language.
Flash, v. n.
- 1. Emit a sudden light.
- 2. Break (forth) suddenly.
Flashy, a.
- 1. Showy, ostentatious, flaunting, gawdy, tawdry, pretentious, tinsel, glittering but superficial.
- 2. Insipid, tasteless, mawkish, flat, vapid, stale.
Flat, a.
- 1. Level, horizontal, champaign (said of an extent of land).
- 2. Even, plane, smooth, without prominences.
- 3. Low, prostrate, level with the ground, laid low.
- 4. Dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting, pointless.