Definitions for flatter

(praise somewhat dishonestly)

(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")

(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")

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

(lacking contrast or shading between tones)

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

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

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

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

(having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola")

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

(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")

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

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