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

Fletcher reentered the ring and flattened Bandito with a big boot to the side of the head. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

She has been criticized as too direct for those who prefer female softness, too dry for those who mistake composure for distance, and, at various points, judged through racial expectations that flattened the sophistication of her achievement. — Debbie Millman, Time, 25 July 2026

Over the past three years, that premium has largely disappeared as new-home prices flattened while existing-home prices continued to climb, according to NAHB data. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 July 2026

In Albania, people involved in the resort project maintain that construction isn’t yet under way, even though environmental activists say fencing has gone up, trees have been removed, and sand dunes have been flattened. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Volunteers flattened and folded the bags, cut them into strips and tied them together to form plastic year, which was woven into durable sleeping mats using looms. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

But a century later, much of the city’s original architecture is being flattened in favor of high-rises and white boxes. — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Decades of diminishment seemed to have shrunk people’s ideas of abundance and flattened their expectations of environmental wellbeing. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

At the height of Venezuela’s earthquake response, as rescue crews searched crumbled and flattened buildings for signs of life, one worker named Tsunami was supposed to be taking a rare break in the shade. — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026