Synonyms for Unflattering

Synonyms for "unflattering" (94 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (19)

authenticbona fidecandidcard carryingcard-carrying dinkumfollowing the lettergenuine good guileless harsh honesthonest-to-godinartificial insulting lawful

Adjective(3 words)

caustic descriptioncritical harsh

Strong matches (28)

legitimate lifelike literal natural naturalistic original pure real realistic rightfulsimon puresimon-pure simple sincere stark sterlingsure enoughsure-enoughtrue to lifetrue to nature

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true to realityunadulterated unaffected unassumed unassuming

Adjective(3 words)

negative appraisalunappealing unattractive

Related words (47)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

adjective descriptor qualifier

More specific

8 entries

unflattering assessmentunflattering critiqueunflattering descriptionunflattering evaluationunflattering photounflattering portraitunflattering remarkunflattering review

Collocations

6 entries

unflattering descriptionunflattering photounflattering portraitunflattering portrayalunflattering remarkunflattering review

Inflections

2 entries

more unflatteringmost unflattering

Derivations

3 entries

unflatter unflatterer unflatteringly

Antonyms

1 entries

flattering

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (883524)

The shapeless dress was very unflattering of her athletic figure.

Source: tatoeba (896005)

My wife still had a somewhat unflattering hairstyle back then.

Source: tatoeba (6172239)

Tom made an unflattering comment on how Mary was dressed.

Source: tatoeba (11652334)

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Unflattering