unflatteredadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > not praised
unpraiseda1393
unrecommendedc1550
praiseless1558
uncommended1570
unflattered1634
1634 W. Habington Castara ii. 69 Retir'd like Princes from the noise of men, To breath awhile unflatter'd.
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) i. 54 Time mocks our youth, and..brings us to unflatter'd age.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 39 In Vaults; thin courts of poor Unflatter'd Kings!
1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 352 The unsoftened and unflattered character of Achilles.
1845 Darwin in F. Darwin Life (1887) I. 333 At which I ought to be much flattered and unflattered.
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