Flat

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Adjective, Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

Flat, a. [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. flötz stratum, layer.].

•  Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.  [1913 Webster]

  "Though sun and moon
  Were in the flat sea sunk."  [1913 Webster]
•  Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.  [1913 Webster]

  "What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat!"  [1913 Webster]

  "I feel . . . my hopes all flat."  [1913 Webster]
•  Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.  [1913 Webster]

  "A large part of the work is, to me, very flat."  [1913 Webster]
•  Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.  [1913 Webster]
•  Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.  [1913 Webster]

  "How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
  Seem to me all the uses of this world."  [1913 Webster]
•  Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.  [1913 Webster]
•  Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.  [1913 Webster]

  "Flat burglary as ever was committed."  [1913 Webster]

  "A great tobacco taker too, -- that's flat."  [1913 Webster]
•  Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat.  [1913 Webster]
•  Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft; -- said of a club.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Not having an inflectional ending or sign, as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix, or an infinitive without the sign to. Many flat adverbs, as in run fast, buy cheap, are from AS. adverbs in -ë, the loss of this ending having made them like the adjectives. Some having forms in ly, such as exceeding, wonderful, true, are now archaic.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Flattening at the ends; -- said of certain fruits.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  "Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a wide, flat band"  [1913 Webster]

  "Of all who fell by saber or by shot,
  Not one fell half so flat as Walter Scott."  [1913 Webster]

Flat, adv. 

•  In a flat manner; directly; flatly.  [1913 Webster]

  "Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty."  [1913 Webster]
•  Without allowance for accrued interest.  [1913 Webster]

Flat, n. 

•  A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.  [1913 Webster]

  "Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat."  [1913 Webster]
•  A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand.  [1913 Webster]

  "Half my power, this night
  Passing these flats, are taken by the tide."  [1913 Webster]
•  Something broad and flat in form  [1913 Webster]
•  The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.  [1913 Webster]
•  A floor, loft, or story in a building;  [1913 Webster]
•  A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.  Raymond.  [1913 Webster]
•  A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.  [1913 Webster]

  "Or if you can not make a speech,
  Because you are a flat."  [1913 Webster]
•  A character [1913 Webster]
•  A homaloid space or extension.  [1913 Webster]

Flat, v. t. 

•  To make flat; to flatten; to level.  [1913 Webster]
•  To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.  [1913 Webster]

  "Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted."  [1913 Webster]
•  To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.  [1913 Webster]

Flat, v. i. 

•  To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.  Sir W. Temple.  [1913 Webster]
•  To fall form the pitch.  [1913 Webster]

To flat out, to fail from a promising beginning; to make a bad ending; to disappoint expectations. [Colloq.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Flat, adj., adv., n., & v.
--adj. (flatter, flattest)
1 a horizontally level (a flat roof). b even; smooth; unbroken; without projection or indentation (a flat stomach). c with a level surface and little depth; shallow (a flat cap; a flat heel).
2 unqualified; plain; downright (a flat refusal; a flat denial).
3 a dull; lifeless; monotonous (spoke in a flat tone). b without energy; dejected.
4 (of a fizzy drink) having lost its effervescence.
5 (of an accumulator, a battery, etc.) having exhausted its charge.
6 Mus. a below true or normal pitch (the violins are flat). b (of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature. c (as B, E , etc. flat) a semitone lower than B, E, etc.
7 Photog. lacking contrast.
8 a (of paint etc.) not glossy; matt. b (of a tint) uniform.
9 (of a tyre) punctured; deflated.
10 (of a market, prices, etc.) inactive; sluggish.
11 of or relating to flat-racing.
--adv.
1 lying at full length; spread out, esp. on another surface (lay flat on the floor; the ladder was flat against the wall).
2 colloq. a completely, absolutely (turned it down flat; flat broke). b exactly (in five minutes flat).
3 Mus. below the true or normal pitch (always sings flat).
--n.
1 the flat part of anything; something flat (the flat of the hand).
2 level ground, esp. a plain or swamp.
3 Mus. a a note lowered a semitone below natural pitch. b the sign (!!!) indicating this.
4 (as the flat) Brit. a flat racing. b the flat racing season.
5 Theatr. a flat section of scenery mounted on a frame.
6 esp. US colloq. a flat tyre.
7 sl. a foolish person.
--v.tr. (flatted, flatting)
1 make flat, flatten (esp. in technical use).
2 US Mus. make (a note) flat.

Idiom

fall flat fail to live up to expectations; not win applause. flat arch Archit. an arch with a flat lower or inner curve. flat (or flat-bottomed) boat a boat with a flat bottom for transport in shallow water. flat-fish any marine fish of various families having an asymmetric appearance with both eyes on one side of a flattened body, including sole, turbot, plaice, etc. flat foot a foot with a less than normal arch. flat-four (of an engine) having four cylinders all horizontal, two on each side of the crankshaft. flat-head
1 any marine fish of the family Platycephalidae, having a flattened body with both eyes on the top side.
2 sl. a foolish person. flat-iron hist. an iron heated externally and used for pressing clothes etc. flat out 1 at top speed.
2 using all one's strength, energy, or resources. flat race a horse race over level ground, as opposed to a steeplechase or hurdles. flat-racing the racing of horses in flat races. flat rate a rate that is the same in all cases, not proportional.
flat spin
1 Aeron. a nearly horizontal spin.
2 colloq. a state of agitation or panic.
flat-top
1 US Aeron. sl. an aircraft-carrier.
2 sl. a man's short flat haircut. that's flat colloq. let there be no doubt about it.

Derivative

flatly adv. flatness n. flattish adj.

Flat, n. & v.
--n. a set of rooms, usu. on one floor, used as a residence.
--v.intr. (flatted, flatting) (often foll. by with) Austral. share a flat with.

Derivative

flatlet n.

Etymology

alt. f. obs. flet floor, dwelling f. Gmc (as FLAT(1))

THESAURUS

Flat

3-D, Pullman, Pullman car, abeyant, absolute, absolutely, absonant, accented, accidental, accommodation, accordant, accumbent, achromatic, achromic, act drop, admitting no exception, alabaster, alike, alkali flat, all-out, alluvial plain, alveolar, anemic, apace, apartment, apathetic, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, arid, arrowlike, articulated, asbestos, asbestos board, ashen, ashy, assimilated, at full length, at full speed, at once, atonal, automatic, back, backdrop, baggage car, balanced, baldly, bank, bar, barren, barytone, basin, bated, batten, beat, betting house, betting parlor, bilabial, billiard table, blah, bland, blank, bled white, bloodless, bog, bony, border, boring, bottomland, bowling alley, bowling green, boxcar, brashly, brazenly, breve, broad, broke, bushveld, busted, caboose, cacophonous, cacuminal, cadaverous, campestral, campestrian, campo, car, carriage, casino, cataleptic, catatonic, categorical, categorically, central, cerebral, certain, chair car, chambers, champaign, champaign country, characterless, checked, chloranemic, clear, clerestory, close, cloth, coach, coal car, coastal plain, cold, cold-water flat, collapsed, colorless, common, commonplace, complete, completely, conclusive, consistent, consonant, consonantal, constant, continuant, continuous, coral reef, couchant, couche, coulisse, counterweight, covered waggon, cracked, crawling, creamy, crib, crotchet, crouched, cubic, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, damped, dampened, day coach, dead, dead flat, dead level, dead straight, deadened, deadly pale, deathly pale, debased, decided, decisive, decor, decumbent, definite, definitely, definitive, deflated, delicate, delta, demisemiquaver, dental, depressed, desert, determinate, diaphonic, digs, dilute, diluted, dim, dimensional, dimmed, diner, dinghy, dingy, dining car, direct, directly, discolored, disconsonant, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, dismal, dissimilated, dissonant, dominant, dominant note, dopey, dormant, dorsal, double whole note, down, downright, downs, downy, drab, draggy, draped, drawing room, drearisome, dreary, drop, drop curtain, dry, dryasdust, dull, dulled, duplex, duplex apartment, dusty, earth, effete, eggshell, eighth note, elephantine, empty, enharmonic, enharmonic note, entire, entresol, equable, equal, esplanade, etiolated, even, evenly, exact, exactly, explicit, express, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, fade, faded, faint, fallow, featureless, fell, fen, final, fire curtain, firm, first floor, fixed, flat, flat broke, flat country, flat out, flat-chested, flat-out, flatcar, flatland, flatly, flats, flattened, flatways, flatwise, flavorless, fleshless, flipper, floor, flush, ford, forthwith, foul, fourth-dimensional, front, gambling den, gambling hall, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house, gangling, gangly, garden apartment, gaunt, gawky, ghastly, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, glass, glide, global, gloss, glossal, glottal, gondola, grass veld, grassland, grating, gray, groggy, ground, ground floor, groveling, gruelly, guttural, haggard, half note, hanging, hard, harsh, heath, heavy, hell, hell for leather, hemidemisemiquaver, high, ho-hum, hollow, homaloid, homaloidal, homogeneous, horizontal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, horizontally, hueless, humdrum, hypochromic, ice, immediately, immelodious, immutable, implicit, in a line, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inane, inappealable, indifferent, indisputable, indubitable, inert, inexcitable, inharmonic, inharmonious, insipid, intonated, invariable, iridescent, irrevocable, irrevocably, ivory, jejune, joint, knee-high, knocked flat, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lackluster, laid low, lande, languid, languorous, lank, lanky, latent, lateral, lax, leaden, lean, lean-fleshed, lean-looking, ledge, leiotrichous, lengthways, lengthwise, level, level line, level plane, lifeless, light, like a shot, like greased lightning, lineal, linear, lingual, liquid, livid, living quarters, llano, local, lodgings, logy, lolling, lounging, low, low-built, low-hung, low-level, low-leveled, low-lying, low-set, low-spirited, low-statured, lowland, lowlands, luggage van, lunar mare, lurid, lusterless, lying, lying down, mahogany, mail car, mail van, marble, mare, marsh, mat, matte, matter-of-fact, meager, mealy, mean sea level, measured, mechanical, mellow, mesa, mesilla, methodic, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, mid, mild, milk-and-water, minim, monolithic, monophthongal, monotonous, moor, moorland, mother-of-pearl, muddy, muffled, mundane, musical note, musicless, muted, nacreous, narrow, nasal, nasalized, natural, neap, neutral, nonmelodious, note, occlusive, of a piece, off, off-key, off-tone, on a level, on the run, oofless, opalescent, open, open country, openly, ordered, orderly, ordinary, out of pitch, out of tone, out of tune, out-and-out, outright, outspread, outstretched, overthrown, oxytone, palace car, palatal, palatalized, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pampa, pampas, pappy, parlor car, parterre, passenger car, passive, pastel, pasty, patent note, patinaed, pearly, pedestrian, peneplain, penthouse, peremptory, perfect, persistent, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phlegmatic, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pitch, pitched, plain, plainly, plains, plane, plateau, platform, playa, plodding, poetryless, pointless, poky, ponderous, poolroom, positive, positively, posttonic, prairie, prairies, precise, precisely, procumbent, prone, proportional, prosaic, prosing, prostrate, prosy, pulpy, punctured, quarter note, quaver, quickly, quiet, rag, railroad flat, railway car, rapidly, raucous, rawboned, reclining, rectilineal, rectilinear, recumbent, reef, reefer, refrigerator car, regular, rental, report, reposing, responding note, resupine, retroflex, rez-de-chaussee, right, robotlike, rolled, roomette, rooms, round, rounded, ruler-straight, runty, ruptured, sad, sallow, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, sandals, sandbank, sandbar, sapless, satin, savanna, savorless, scene, scenery, scraggy, scrawny, screen, sea level, sea of grass, sebkha, sedentary, semibreve, semigloss, semiquaver, semivowel, set of rooms, shallow, shallows, shaped note, sharp, shelf, shoal, shoal water, short, shrill, sickly, side scene, silk, simple, sixteenth note, sixty-fourth note, skeletal, skinny, slack, sleeper, sleeping, slide, slow, sluggish, slumbering, smoker, smoking car, smoldering, smooth, smooth-shaven, smooth-textured, smoothed out, smoothened, smothered, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, softened, solemn, somber, sonant, sordo, sour, space, space-time, spare, spatial, spatiotemporal, speedily, spherical, spiccato, spiceless, spidery, spindling, spindly, spiritless, sporting house, sprawled, sprawling, spread, spread out, squashed, squashed flat, squat, squatty, stable, staccato, stage screw, stagnant, stale, standard, standing, static, steadfast, steady, steppe, steppes, stereoscopic, sterile, stiff, stifled, stockcar, stodgy, stone-broke, stony, stooped, stopped, story, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-out, straight-side, strand, strapped, streamlined, street floor, stressed, stretched out, strident, strong, studio, stuffy, stumpy, suave, subdued, subtle, suite, superficial, supine, surd, sure, surface, sustained note, swamp, sweet, swiftly, syllabic, systematic, tab, table, tableau, tableland, tabloid, tabular, tallow-faced, tame, tank, tasteless, teaser, tedious, tender, tenement, tennis court, tense, tercet, terrace, thick, thin, thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, thirty-second note, three-dimensional, throaty, tidal flats, tired, tiresome, tonal, tone, toneless, tonic, tormentor, torpid, total, transformation, transformation scene, tree veld, triplet, triplex, trodden, trodden flat, truck, true, tundra, tuneless, twangy, twiggy, two-dimensional, unaccented, unambiguous, unaroused, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncircumscribed, uncolored, uncompromisingly, unconditional, unconditioned, uncurved, undeflected, undersized, underweight, undeviating, undifferentiated, undistorted, undiversified, undoubting, unelevated, unembellished, unequivocal, unexciting, unflavored, unhampered, unharmonious, unhesitating, unidealistic, uniform, unimaginative, unimpassioned, uninteresting, uninterrupted, unlimited, unlively, unmelodious, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmodifiable, unmodified, unmusical, unpalatable, unpoetic, unpolished, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioning, unrealistic, unreserved, unrestricted, unromantic, unrough, unroughened, unrounded, unruffled, unsavory, unshiny, unstressed, unswerving, untunable, untuned, untuneful, unturned, unvaried, unvarying, unwaivable, upland, upright, utter, utterly, van, vapid, vega, velar, veld, velvet, vertical, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, volumetric, vowel, vowellike, waggon, wan, washed-out, washy, water level, watered, watered-down, watery, waxen, weak, weald, wetlands, whey-faced, white, whole, whole note, wholly, wide, wide-open spaces, wing, wingcut, wishy-washy, without delay, without exception, without reserve, wold, woodcut, wooden

ROGET THESAURUS

Flat

The Drama

N the drama, the stage, the theater, the play, film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography, theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis, play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame, melodrama, melodrame, comidie larmoyante, sensation drama, tragicomedy, farcical-comedy, monodrame monologue, duologue trilogy, charade, proverbs, mystery, miracle play, musical, musical comedy, western, horse opera, flick, spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film, pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film, act, scene, tableau, induction, introduction, prologue, epilogue, libretto, performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre, acting, gesture, impersonation, stage business, gag, buffoonery, light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, theater, playhouse, opera house, house, music hall, amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round, puppet show, fantoccini, marionettes, Punch and Judy, auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet, greenroom, coulisses, flat, drop, drop scene, wing, screen, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop, proscenium, stage, scene, scenery, the boards, trap, mezzanine floor, flies, floats, footlights, offstage, orchestra, theatrical costume, theatrical properties, movie studio, back lot, on location, part, role, character, dramatis personae, repertoire, actor, thespian, player, method actor, stage player, strolling player, stager, performer, mime, mimer, artists, comedian, tragedian, tragedienne, Roscius, star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol, supporting actor, supporting cast, ham, hamfatter, masker, pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine, punchinello, pulcinello, pulcinella, extra, bit- player, walk-on role, cameo appearance, mute, figurante, general utility, super, supernumerary, company, first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist, jeune premier, debutant, debutante, light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian, walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve, mummer, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque, mountebank, Jack Pudding, tumbler, posture master, acrobat, contortionist, ballet dancer, ballet girl, chorus singer, coryphee danseuse, property man, costumier, machinist, prompter, call boy, manager, director, stage manager, acting manager, producer, entrepreneur, impresario, backer, investor, angel, dramatic author, dramatic writer, play writer, playwright, dramatist, mimographer, dramatic, theatric, theatrical, scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic, stagy, on the stage, on the boards, on film, before the floats, before an audience, behind the scenes, fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, suit the action to the word, the word to the action, the play's the thing, to wake the soul by tender strokes of art.

Pitfall

N pitfall, rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags, sands, quicksands, syrt, syrtis, Goodwin sands, sandy foundation, slippery ground, breakers, shoals, shallows, bank, shelf, flat, lee shore, ironbound coast, rock ahead, breakers ahead, precipice, maelstrom, volcano, ambush, pitfall, trapdoor, trap, sword of Damocles, wolf at the door, snake in the grass, death in the pot, latency, ugly customer, dangerous person, le chat qui dort, firebrand, hornet's nest, latet anquis in herba, proximus ardet Ucalegon.

Bungler

N bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, dauber, stick, bad hand, poor hand, poor shot, butterfingers, no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby, lubber, swab, clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec, galoot, land lubber, fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor, horse marine, fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers, quack, lord of misrule, sloven, slattern, trapes, amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner), il n'a pas invente' la poudre, he will never set the Thames on fire, acierta errando, aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis.

Insensibility

N insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility, inertness, inertia, vis inertiae, impassibility, impassibleness, inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness, lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness, frigidity, sang froid, stoicism, imperturbation, nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes, insouciance, recklessness, callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness, torpor, torpidity, obstupefaction, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation, stupor, stupefaction, paralysis, palsy, numbness, neutrality, quietism, vegetation, insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to, unsusceptible, insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral, apathetic, leuco-, phlegmatic, dull, frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat, maudlin, obtuse, inert, supine, sluggish, torpid, torpedinous, torporific, sleepy, languid, half-hearted, tame, numbed, comatose, anaesthetic, stupefied, chloroformed, drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent, lukewarm, careless, mindless, regardless, inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned, nonchalant, pococurante, insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected, unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved, unstirred, untouched, unshocked, unstruck, unblushing, unanimated, vegetative, callous, thick-skinned, hard-nosed, pachydermatous, impervious, hardened, inured, casehardened, steeled against, proof against, imperturbable, unfelt, insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung, never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to.

Physical Inertness

N physical inertness, inertness, dullness, inertia, vis inertiae, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor, quiescence, latency, inaction, passivity, mental inertness, sloth, inexcitability, irresolution, obstinacy, permanence, rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity, inert, inactive, passive, torpid, sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt, unreactive, lifeless, dead, uninfluential, latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted, inactively, in suspense, in abeyance.

Dejection

N dejection, dejectedness, depression, prosternation, lowness of spirits, depression of spirits, weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits, low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, depressed spirits, heart sinking, heaviness of heart, failure of heart, heaviness, infestivity, gloom, weariness, taedium vitae, disgust of life, mal du pays, anhedonia, melancholy, sadness, il penseroso, melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals, mumps, dumps, blue devils, doldrums, vapors, megrims, spleen, horrors, hypochondriasis, pessimism, la maladie sans maladie, despondency, slough of Despond, disconsolateness, hope deferred, blank despondency, voiceless woe, prostration of soul, broken heart, despair, cave of despair, cave of Trophonius demureness, gravity, solemnity, long face, grave face, hypochondriac, seek sorrow, self-tormentor, heautontimorumenos, malade imaginaire, medecin tant pis, croaker, pessimist, mope, mopus, affliction, sorry sight, memento mori, damper, wet blanket, Job's comforter, cheerless, joyless, spiritless, uncheerful, uncheery, unlively, unhappy, melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, gloomy, triste, clouded, murky, lowering, frowning, lugubrious, funereal, mournful, lamentable, dreadful, dreary, flat, dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater, depressing, melancholy as a gib cat, oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, down in one's luck, heavy-hearted, in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums, in doleful dumps, in bad humor, sullen, mumpish, dumpish, mopish, moping, moody, glum, sulky, out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits, ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low, weary, discouraged, disheartened, desponding, chapfallen, chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen, sad, pensive, penseroso, tristful, dolesome, doleful, woebegone, lacrymose, lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped, hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious, saturnine, splenetic, lackadaisical, serious, sedate, staid, stayed, grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot, sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure, grim, grim-faced, grim-visaged, rueful, wan, long-faced, disconsolate, unconsolable, inconsolable, forlorn, comfortless, desolate, desole, sick at heart, soul sick, heart sick, au desespoir, in despair, lost, overcome, broken down, borne down, bowed down, heartstricken, cut up, dashed, sunk, unnerved, unmanned, down fallen, downtrodden, broken-hearted, careworn, with a long face, with tears in one's eyes, sadly, the countenance falling, the heart failing, the heart sinking within one, a plague of sighing and grief, thick-ey'd musing and curs'd melancholy, the sickening pang of hope deferred.

Weariness

N weariness, defatigation, lassitude, drowsiness, disgust, nausea, loathing, sickness, satiety, taedium vitae, boredom, ennui, wearisomeness, tediousness, dull work, tedium, monotony, twice-told tale, bore, buttonholer, proser, wet blanket, pill, stiff, heavy hours, the enemy (time), wearying, wearing, wearisome, tiresome, irksome, uninteresting, stupid, bald, devoid of interest, dry, monotonous, dull, arid, tedious, humdrum, mortal, flat, prosy, prosing, slow, soporific, somniferous, disgusting, unenjoyed, weary, tired, drowsy, uninterested, flagging, used up, worn out, blase, life-weary, weary of life, sick of, wearily, usque ad nauseam, time hanging heavily on one's hands, toujours perdrix, crambe repetita.

Dullness

N dullness, heaviness, flatness, infestivity &c, stupidity want of originality, dearth of ideas, prose, matter of fact, heavy book, conte a dormir debout, platitude, dull, dull as ditch water, unentertaining, uninteresting, flat, dry as dust, unfunny, unlively, logy, unimaginative, insulse, dry as dust, prosy, prosing, prosaic, matter of fact, commonplace, pedestrian, pointless, weary stale flat and unprofitable, stupid, slow, flat, insipid, vapid, humdrum, monotonous, melancholic, stolid plodding, boring, tiresome, tedious, davus sum non Aedipus, deadly dull and boring, DDB, dullness, heaviness, flatness, infestivity &c, stupidity want of originality, dearth of ideas, prose, matter of fact, heavy book, conte a dormir debout, platitude, dull, dull as ditch water, unentertaining, uninteresting, flat, dry as dust, unfunny, unlively, logy, unimaginative, insulse, dry as dust, prosy, prosing, prosaic, matter of fact, commonplace, pedestrian, pointless, weary stale flat and unprofitable, stupid, slow, flat, insipid, vapid, humdrum, monotonous, melancholic, stolid plodding, boring, tiresome, tedious, davus sum non Aedipus, deadly dull and boring, DDB.

Simplicity

N simplicity, plainness, homeliness, undress, chastity, simple, plain, homely, homespun, ordinary, household, unaffected, ingenuous, sincere (artless), free from affectation, free from ornament, simplex munditiis, sans facon, en deshabille, chaste, inornate, severe, unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked, ungarnished, unarranged, untrimmed, unvarnished, bald, flat, dull, veritatis simplex oratio est.

Receptacle

N receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary, trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise, grip, grip sack, skippet, vasculum, boot, imperial, vache, cage, manger, rack, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.

Lowness

N lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels, low water, low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide, low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a low ebb, below par.

Horizontality

N horizontality, flatness, level, plane, stratum, dead level, dead flat, level plane, recumbency, lying down, reclination, decumbence, decumbency, discumbency, proneness, accubation, supination, resupination, prostration, azimuth, plain, floor, platform, bowling green, cricket ground, croquet ground, croquet lawn, billiard table, terrace, estrade, esplanade, parterre, table land, plateau, ledge, butte, mesa (plain), level, spirit level, horizontal, level, even, plane, flat, flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green, alluvial, calm, calm as a mill pond, smooth, smooth as glass, recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent, lying, prone, supine, couchant, jacent, prostrate, recubant, horizontally, on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends.

Flatness

N flatness, smoothness, plane, level, plate, platter, table, tablet, slab, flat, plane, even, flush, scutiform, discoid, level, flat as a pancake, flat as a fluke, flat as a flounder, flat as a board, flat as my hand.

Insipidity

N insipidity, blandness, tastelessness, bland, void of taste, insipid, tasteless, gustless, savorless, ingustible, mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, mild, untasted.

Concord

N concord, accord, harmony, symphony, homologue, agreement, sympathy, empathy, response, union, unison, unity, bonds of harmony, peace, unanimity, league, happy family, rapprochement, reunion, amity, alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker, intercessor, mediator, concordant, congenial, agreeing, in accord, harmonious, united, cemented, banded together, allied, friendly, fraternal, conciliatory, at one with, of one mind, at peace, in still water, tranquil, with one voice, in concert with, hand in hand, on one's side, commune periculum concordiam parit, melody concord, melody, rhythm, measure, rhyme, pitch, timbre, intonation, tone, scale, gamut, diapason, diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale, key, clef, chords, modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution, staff, stave, line, space, brace, bar, rest, appoggiato, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, note, musical note, notes of a scale, sharp, flat, natural, high note, low note, interval, semitone, second, third, fourth, diatessaron, breve, semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, sustained note, drone, burden, tonic, key note, leading note, fundamental note, supertonic, mediant, dominant, submediant, subdominant, octave, tetrachord, major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode, passage, phrase, concord, harmony, emmeleia, unison, unisonance, chime, homophony, euphony, euphonism, tonality, consonance, consent, part, harmony, harmonics, thorough-bass, fundamental-bass, counterpoint, faburden, piece of music, composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician), harmonious, harmonical, in concord, in tune, in concert, unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant, ariose, consonant, measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, melodious, musical, melic, tuneful, tunable, sweet, dulcet, canorous, mellow, mellifluous, soft, clear, clear as a bell, silvery, euphonious, euphonic, euphonical, symphonious, enchanting fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned, harmoniously, in harmony, as one, the hidden soul of harmony.

Affirmation

N affirmance, affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment, confirmation, asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit, deposition, avouchment, assurance, protest, protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge, pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit, emphasis, weight, dogmatism, dogmatics, asserting, declaratory, predicatory, pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant, positive, certain, express, explicit, absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory, unretracted, predicable, affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth, egad, I assure you, by jingo, by Jove, by George, troth, seriously, sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured, yes, I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath, in fact, forsooth, joking apart, so help me God, not to mince the matter, quoth he, dixi.

Dupe

N dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche, cull, cully, victim, pigeon, April fool, jay, sucker, laughingstock, Cyclops, simple Simon, flat, greenhorn, fool, puppet, cat's paw, credulous, mistaken.