If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.
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Flak
//flæk//
Synonyms for "flak" (134 found)
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39 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- зенитка noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- зенитно оръдие noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
Catalan
1 entries- critica adversa noun (adverse criticism)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 高射炮 noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
Danish
2 entries- antiluftskyts noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- antiluftskytsgranat noun (anti-aircraft shell fire)
Dutch
4 entries- afbrekende kritiek noun (adverse criticism)
- luchtafweergeschut noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- luchtafweergranaten noun (anti-aircraft shell fire)
- woordvoerder noun (a public-relations spokesperson)
Finnish
4 entries- ilmatorjuntatuli noun (anti-aircraft shell fire)
- ilmatorjuntatykistö noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- ilmatorjuntatykki noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- tykitys noun (adverse criticism)
French
3 entries- DCA noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- défense anti-aérienne noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- lutte anti-aérienne noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
German
2 entries- Fliegerabwehrkanone noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- Flugabwehrkanone noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
Italian
2 entries- critica avversa noun (adverse criticism)
- criticismo avverso noun (adverse criticism)
Portuguese
3 entries- bateria antiaérea noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- criticismo adverso noun (adverse criticism)
- criticismo mau noun (adverse criticism)
Russian
4 entries- взбу́чка noun (adverse criticism)
- втык noun (adverse criticism)
- вы́волочка noun (adverse criticism)
- зени́тка noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- glasnogovornica noun (a public-relations spokesperson)
- glasnogovornik noun (a public-relations spokesperson)
- oštra kritika noun (adverse criticism)
- protivvazdušna artiljerija noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
Spanish
3 entries- criticismo adverso noun (adverse criticism)
- fuego antiaéreo noun (ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells)
- fuego antiaéreo noun (anti-aircraft shell fire)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom copped a lot of flak after he left Mary and the kids for another woman.
Source: tatoeba (4746878)
She took a lot of flak.
Source: tatoeba (8486833)
I got a lot of flak for my decision.
Source: tatoeba (13007841)
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