flatness

Meanings

Plural: flatnesses

Noun

• the property of having two dimensions
• a want of animation or brilliance
  • "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style"
• a deficiency in flavor
  • "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils"
• the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
• The state of being flat
• The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity
• The state of being bland : dullness
• Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen
• Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts
• slim-tailedness or platykurticity

Synonyms

languor, lethargy, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte, phlegm, planeness, sluggishness, two-dimensionality