Synonyms of flattened

flattened 1 of 2

adjective

as in rounded

Related Words

• rounded
• flat
• level
• smooth
• even
• blunt
• dullish
• blunted
• dulled
• obtuse
• dull

Dissimilar Words

• ground
• edged
• pointed
• sharp
• sharpened
• cutting
• jagged
• honed
• keen
• spiked
• edgy
• spiky
• spiny
• needlelike
• prickly
• scratching
• whetted
• piercing
• spikelike
• lacerating
• stabbing
• jabbing
• ultrasharp

flattened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of flatten

1

as in smoothed

to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps

flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smoothed
• shaved
• raked
• trimmed
• planed
• leveled
• clipped
• smoothened
• laid
• cropped
• evened
• pruned
• combed
• pared
• pressed
• spread
• surfaced
• carded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughened
• roughed
• wrinkled
• bent
• pitted
• dented
• rumpled
• coarsened
• kinked

2

as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin

if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• bombed
• buried
• trimmed
• pasted
• clobbered
• overcame
• smothered
• upset
• annihilated
• thrashed
• threw
• dusted
• routed
• skinned
• creamed
• topped
• shellacked
• overwhelmed
• mastered
• trounced
• smoked
• walloped
• waxed
• destroyed
• beat
• blew away
• swept
• snowed under
• tromped
• took
• whomped
• crushed
• scored
• conquered
• succeeded
• whupped
• whopped
• surpassed
• drubbed
• capped
• ate alive
• exceeded
• dispatched
• licked
• skunked
• beat the pants off
• subdued
• wiped the floor with
• surmounted
• upended
• finished
• vanquished
• slaughtered
• ran circles around
• overpowered
• eclipsed
• subjugated
• prevailed (over)
• worsted
• won (against)
• overmatched
• triumphed (over)
• bested
• transcended
• outstripped
• knocked over
• flourished
• overthrew
• hurdled
• outdistanced
• bettered
• overtopped
• aced (out)
• excelled
• knocked off
• outdid
• outshone
• sank
• edged (out)
• broke
• outfought
• pipped
• nosed out
• overbore
• did in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flattened

Adjective

Quickly pinch butter into flour mixture to create flattened pieces. — Carla Hall, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025

The company’s smaller sized safes, which begin at $1,350 per year and are the size of a semi-flattened shoebox, are all currently occupied. — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025

This garden party designer dollset comes with a poseable Barbie doll that stands on a base, a pre-flattened Play-Doh sheet that looks like fabric with fun designs and three extra cans of colorful Play-Doh for endless outfits. — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2024

Verb

Even the actors’ bodies exhibit the bland greige produced by the high dynamic range of digital cameras and are flattened by the inconsistent lighting that comes from overuse of green screens. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Since the early 2010s, spending per Medicare beneficiary had largely flattened. — Aric Coffman, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver, a world of human complexity has been flattened deliberately to remove the inconvenient excesses of emotion and feeling. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Unlike a tornado, microburst damage looks flattened out, with trees pointing in the same direction or fanning out from one another. — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2026

What stayed with him was not just the gravity of their circumstances, but their refusal to be flattened by it. — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026

The first Monday Night Football matchup of the 2026 season was a total disaster class for the Denver Broncos, who got flattened 31-10 by the Kansas City Chiefs at a rowdy Arrowhead Stadium. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Three-dimensional pyramids were flattened into square plates; cones became circular discs. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Authorities flattened 21 tankers and trucks seized in two cases involving the theft, transport, and resale of subsidized diesel. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026