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Synonyms for unflattering
The synonym for unflattering recorded in this bank is uncomplimentary, in the sense "showing or representing unfavorably". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for unflattering
- uncomplimentaryadjective, in the sense "showing or representing unfavorably"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for unflattering.
showing or representing unfavorably
An unflattering portrait.
The true synonym
uncomplimentary
Same sentence, swapped: An uncomplimentary portrait.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for unflattering in the sentence quoted.
- flattering
- unassuming
- unromantic
Where unflattering turns up in the game
unflattering is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where unflattering is the trap
- verbatimadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is direct, in the sense "in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker", with unflattering sitting one tile away.
Play unflattering
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unflattering reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at Summit, then their alphabetical neighbours.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unflattering carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.