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Definition: Unflattering |
UnflatteringAdjective1. Tending to reveal or represent unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "the full unflattering light of morning"- Walter de la Mare. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unflattering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Antonym: flattering (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artlessness | Free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical; unflattering. |
Truth | Well-grounded, well founded; solid, substantial, tangible, valid; undistorted, undisguised; unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic, unflattering. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unflattering |
| Specialty definitions using "unflattering": gob-pile orator ♦ HP-SUX ♦ Telerat. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Tanzania | Even the government-owned newspaper regularly reports events that portray the Government in an unflattering light. (references) |
Congo | Some of these newspapers take editorial positions critical of the Government and print articles unflattering to the authorities. (references) | |
Congo | On February 28, security forces arrested Guy Kasongo, editor of the satirical journal Pot Pourri, allegedly for publishing unflattering cartoons of the Minister of the Interior. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unflattering" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unflattering" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 72 | 39,377 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
celebrity photo unflattering | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unflattering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungeschminkt (unadorned, unvarnished, unvarnishedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem hízelgő, kedvezőtlen (adverse, hard, inimical, kick in the pants, unfavorable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 河原者 (unflattering term for actors), 河原乞食 (unflattering term for actors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かわら"じき (unflattering term for actors), かわらもの (unflattering term for actors). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuvrynneragh, gyn molley (undeceived). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atteringunflay нельстивый, нелестный (uncomplimentary, unflatering), правдивый (truthful, veracious, veridical). (various references) neprijatan (awkward, disagreeable, harsh, nasty, offensive, unagreeable, uncongenial, ungracious, unkind, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) föga smickrande. (various references) yaldızsız, kalaysız, kötüleyen (evil-speaking, slanderous), övücü olmayan. (various references) không xu nịnh, không tâng bốc, không bợ đỡ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "unflattering": unflatteringly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unflattering" (pronounced unfla"tering) |
| 7 | -f l a" t er i ng | flattering. |
| 5 | -a" t er i ng | battering, chattering, nattering, scattering, shattering, smattering, spattering. |
| 4 | -t er i ng | administering, altering, bantering, bartering, bettering, blistering, blustering, bolstering, catering, centering, chartering, clustering, cluttering, countering, doctoring, encountering, entering, factoring, faltering, festering, filibustering, filtering, fluttering, fostering, frittering, glittering, guttering, hectoring, lettering, littering, loitering, mastering, mentoring, metering, mitering, monitoring, motoring, mustering, muttering, neutering, pestering, petering, plastering, puttering, reentering, registering, sculpturing, sequestering, sheltering, shuttering, slaughtering, splintering, sputtering, stuttering, sweltering, teetering, tottering, tutoring, uttering, watering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, belaboring, beleaguering, bewildering, bickering, blundering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, censoring, clamoring, clobbering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, figuring, fingering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, foundering, fracturing, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glowering, grandfathering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, levering, lingering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, maundering, meandering, measuring, minoring, mirroring, mongering, mothering, murdering, murmuring, neighboring, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scouring, severing, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, simmering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spiering, sponsoring, squandering, staggering, structuring, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, towering, transpiring, triggering, uncovering, unwavering, ushering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-n-n-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unfaltering. | |
-2 letters: flattening, flattering, fluttering. | |
-3 letters: faltering, fattening, featuring, flauntier, flaunting, granulite, nattering, rattening, reflating, tautening, truanting, ultrafine. | |
-4 letters: aflutter, aglitter, alerting, altering, antileft, attuning, auntlier, faultier, faulting, feruling, fettling, figurant, figurate, filature, filtrate, finagler, flatting, flaunter, fraulein, fretting, fruitage, fruitlet, gantline, gauntlet, gnattier, grateful, gunflint, infernal, inflater, influent, infrugal, integral, internal, intranet, latening. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-i-l-n-n-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: unflatteringly. | |
+5 letters: ultracentrifuging. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 66 6C 61 74 74 65 72 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ..-. .-.. .- - - . .-. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100110 01101100 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n f l a t t e r i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0066 006C 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558072786786867184758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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