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unflatter

verb

Etymology

From un- + flatter.

  1. derived from *peled-✻ — “moisture, wetness”
  2. derived from *flaþrōną✻ — “to fawn over, flutter”
  3. derived from flaðra — “to fawn on someone, flatter”
  4. derived from *plewd-✻ — “to flow, swim”
  5. inherited from *flutrōną✻ — “to be floating”
  6. inherited from *flotrōn✻
  7. inherited from floterian
  8. inherited from flatteren
  9. prefixed as unflatter — “un + flatter”

Definitions

  1. To show or display in a bad light

    To show or display in a bad light; to portray unfavorably.

    • Well, sith thy truth unflatters me, I will believe it truth.
    • Mainstream media “unflatters” the demos and its rulers daily.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA