FLATTENS Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

flattens

verb

present tense third-person singular of flatten

as in smooths

to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern

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as in buries

to defeat by a large margin if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play

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Recent Examples of flattens The current model flattens that context into colored cells on a dashboard. —

Yonesy Nunez, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Franck may have good reasons to be terrorizing Nora’s family, but explaining them away only flattens his character as the titular party plays out like your average hostage scenario, with a few negligible tweaks and flourishes. —

Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026 Deal lethargy kills that electricity slowly, the way a slow leak flattens a tire. —

George Heller, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026 Accessibility Not particularly, although the undulating ground flattens off around Nucciola and Amandula. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 But to deny Jackson’s complexity only flattens his genius—as well as his kindness and fragility—into something manageable, explainable. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Apr. 2026 The vacuum’s swivel head flattens against the floor to slide under low-lying furniture. —

Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026 The first concept expands the lottery to 18 teams and flattens odds heavily, with the bottom 10 teams each sitting at 8% to land the top pick and the remaining 20% distributed among the next eight teams, plus a drawing for all 18 picks. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026 Robby’s pivot is, of course, intentional, a way for The Pitt to highlight how burnout flattens committed frontline workers into people who simply can’t do it anymore. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026

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Its main ingredient, chebula, is a potent antioxidant that smooths and brightens skin.

— Christina Butan, InStyle, 8 June 2026
Medium compression smooths the waist, hips, and thighs, while a pull-aside gusset simplifies bathroom breaks.

— Malia Griggs, Glamour, 4 June 2026