Unflatter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unflatter is a verb meaning (transitive) To show or display in a bad light; to portray unfavorably.
Meaning
(transitive) To show or display in a bad light; to portray unfavorably.
Example Sentences
Well, sith thy truth unflatters me, I will believe it truth.
Mainstream media “unflatters” the demos and its rulers daily.
He switched promptly from the escapist fantasy of young-white-male-orientated comic books to the cauterizing realism of Richard Wright, whose fiction unflatters the United States, condemning it as dehumanizing and coercively deathly for blacks (JanMohamed 2005).
Word Forms
- unflatters
- unflattering
- unflattered
Synonyms for unflatter
Depending on context, synonyms include besmirch, denigrate, diss, assassinate, asperse, backbite.
Antonyms for unflatter
Common opposites include flatter, collogue, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uncomplimentary, candid, snide, damn, vilify, becloud.
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