flatness
flatness Lexical Profile
flatness Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or quality of having a smooth, level, and even surface without notable elevations or depressions.
"The extreme flatness of the salt plains makes them an ideal location for testing high-speed land vehicles."
A lack of emotion, energy, vitality, or interest in tone, expression, or character.
"Critics noted a certain emotional flatness in the actor's delivery during the final dramatic monologue."
The condition of having lost effervescence, carbonation, or brisk flavor (especially of a beverage).
"Leaving the bottle uncapped overnight resulted in the noticeable flatness of the sparkling water."
The quality of a musical sound or pitch being slightly lower than the true or intended note.
"The conductor stopped the rehearsal to address the slight flatness in the brass section."
• Rhymes for flatness
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the adjective 'flat' (borrowed from Old Norse 'flatr', meaning smooth or level) combined with the native Old English noun-forming suffix '-ness'.