Synonyms of unflattering

unflattering

adjective

as in unfavorable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unfavorable
• uncomplimentary
• derogatory
• disparaging
• erroneous
• inaccurate
• depreciatory
• untrue
• objectionable
• denigratory
• incorrect
• inexact
• detractive
• depreciative
• invidious
• wrong
• scandalous
• denigrative
• slanderous
• libellous
• unsound
• false
• defamatory
• invalid
• libelous
• off
• calumnious
• spiteful
• hateful
• malicious
• malevolent
• maligning
• vilifying
• traducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• favorable
• complimentary
• appreciative
• laudatory
• accurate
• correct
• true
• factual
• valid
• right
• sound
• hagiographic
• eulogistic
• hagiographical
• adulatory
• commendatory
• errorless

Examples of unflattering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then again, the Us Weekly story prompted more ex-employees to talk to the Daily Beast and say more unflattering things. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024

The story continued to snowball: Other celebrities came out of the woodwork to share unflattering anecdotes, and #ReplaceEllen trended on Twitter. —Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024

But a cash shortage and a wave of unflattering headlines blunted his campaign. —Will McDuffie, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024

While The Sopranos perceptively presaged a bad end to the American Century, capturing an inchoate mood of decline more than two years before 9/11, The Penguin presents yet another unflattering portrait of a man whose archetype has haunted TV and film since his first presidential run. —Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024