unflattering as an adjective: - 1
unflattering
adjective
1 unflattering
Showing or representing unfavorably:
— An unflattering portrait.
synonym: uncomplimentary.
Roget 494:
real,
actual
etc.
(existing)
1;
veritable,
true;
right,
correct;
certain
etc.
474;
substantially true,
categorically true,
definitively true
&c.;
true to the letter,
true as gospel;
unimpeachable;
veracious
etc.
543;
unreconfuted†,
unconfuted†;
unideal†,
unimagined;
realistic.
exact,
accurate,
definite,
precise,
well-defined,
just,
just so,
so;
strict,
severe;
close
etc.
(similar)
17;
literal;
rigid,
rigorous;
scrupulous
etc.
(conscientious)
939;
religiously exact,
punctual,
mathematical,
scientific;
faithful,
constant,
unerring;
curious,
particular,
nice,
delicate,
fine;
clean-cut,
clear-cut.
verified,
empirically true,
experimentally verified,
substantiated,
proven
(demonstrated)
478.
rigorously true,
unquestionably true.
true by definition.
genuine,
authentic,
legitimate;
orthodox
etc.
983.1;
official,
ex officio.
pure,
natural,
sound,
sterling;
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed,
uncolored;
in its true colors;
pukka†.
well-grounded,
well founded;
solid,
substantial,
tangible,
valid;
undistorted,
undisguised;
unaffected,
unexaggerated,
unromantic,
unflattering.
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Roget 703:
artless,
natural,
pure,
native,
confiding,
simple,
lain,
inartificial†,
untutored,
unsophisticated,
ingenu†,
unaffected,
naive;
sincere,
frank;
open,
open as day;
candid,
ingenuous,
guileless;
unsuspicious,
honest
etc.
939;
innocent
etc.
946;
Arcadian†;
undesigning,
straightforward,
unreserved,
aboveboard;
simple-minded,
single-minded;
frank-hearted,
open-hearted,
single-hearted,
simple-hearted.
free-spoken,
plain-spoken,
outspoken;
blunt,
downright,
direct,
matter of fact,
unpoetical†;
unflattering.
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Dutch: geflatteerd
Moby thesaurus: authentic, bona fide, candid, card-carrying, dinkum, following the letter, genuine, good, guileless, harsh, honest, honest-to-God, inartificial, insulting, lawful, legitimate, lifelike, literal, natural, naturalistic, original, pure, real, realistic, rightful, simon-pure, simple, sincere, stark, sterling, sure-enough, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, unadulterated, unaffected, unassumed, unassuming, unbeguileful, unbeguiling, uncalculating, uncolored, uncomplimentary, unconcocted, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undeceitful, undeceiving, undeceptive, undesigning, undisguised, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulated, undissimulating, undistorted, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfavorable, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unpretended, unpretending, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unsympathetic, unsynthetic, untrimmed, unvarnished, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, word-for-word ... show more.
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