· praise somewhat dishonestly

Synonym(s): blandish

Hypernym(s): praise

Antonym(s): disparage

· having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

Synonym(s): level, plane

· having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"

· not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"

Synonym(s): categoric, categorical, unconditional

· stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

Synonym(s): prostrate

· lacking contrast or shading between tones

Antonym(s): contrasty

· (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"

Antonym(s): natural, sharp

· flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

Synonym(s): compressed

· lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

Synonym(s): bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

· lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"

Synonym(s): bland

· having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"

· sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"

Synonym(s): monotone, monotonic, monotonous

· horizontally level; "a flat roof"

· lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"

Synonym(s): two-dimensional, 2-dimensional

· not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"

Synonym(s): mat, matt, matte, matted

· commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"