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

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

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

One 30-second passage of play during the first half perhaps best summed up the 34-year-old’s night, as, first, he was flattened by Igor Julio in an aerial challenge near the touchline. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

These different histories can never be flattened into equivalence. — Mark Treyger, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026

They have all been flattened, overwritten by the wall of mud and water that claimed everything in its path. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026