Unflattering

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unflatter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not flattering.

    "Daniel Halper, online editor at the conservative Weekly Standard and the author of Clinton, Inc., an unflattering portrait of the Clintons, theorizes Huma had little choice after the second sexting fiasco but to stick with Hillary."

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing or representing unfavorably wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
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Example

More examples

"Her grandfather extrapolated an isolated incident at a grocery store into a series of sweeping, unflattering generalizations about every Mexican on earth."

Etymology

From un- + flattering.

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