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单词 flannel
释义

flannel

noun

flan·​nel ˈfla-nᵊl How to pronounce flannel (audio)
1
a
: a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface
b
: a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel
c
: a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side
2
flannels plural
a
: flannel underwear
b
: outer garments of flannel
especially : men's trousers
3
British : washcloth
4
British : flattering or evasive talk
also : nonsense, rubbish
flannel adjective
flannelly
ˈfla-nᵊl-ē How to pronounce flannel (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • adulation
  • blarney
  • butter
  • flattery
  • incense
  • overpraise
  • soft soap
  • sweet talk
  • taffy
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Example Sentences

shirts made of bright-colored flannel He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garment

First Known Use

1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

flannel

noun

flan·​nel ˈfla-nᵊl How to pronounce flannel (audio)
: a soft cloth made of wool or cotton

flannel

noun

British
1
as in butter
excessive praise the one cabinet minister who never resorts to flannel—he always tells it like it is

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • butter
  • taffy
  • flattery
  • soft soap
  • incense
  • blarney
  • praise
  • sweet talk
  • caresses
  • adulation
  • adoration
  • endearments
  • acclaim
  • blandishments
  • compliments
  • respects
  • greetings
  • regards
  • overpraise
  • worship
  • felicitations
  • applause
  • fawning
  • sycophancy
  • congratulations
  • cajolery
  • allurements
  • idolatry
  • ingratiation
  • toadying
  • smarm
  • cajolement
  • commendation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disparagement
  • depreciation
  • belittlement
  • detraction
  • put-down
  • bad-mouthing
2
as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense the first serious book about the British royal family that wasn't just flannel

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • garbage
  • nuts
  • nonsense
  • bunk
  • drool
  • jazz
  • blah
  • rubbish
  • beans
  • punk
  • silliness
  • muck
  • applesauce
  • baloney
  • balderdash
  • trash
  • bilge
  • flapdoodle
  • tosh
  • twaddle
  • fudge
  • crock
  • folderol
  • stupidity
  • blatherskite
  • claptrap
  • humbuggery
  • bull
  • horsefeathers
  • trumpery
  • boloney
  • bunkum
  • bosh
  • fiddle
  • guff
  • hokum
  • drivel
  • hooey
  • blather
  • malarkey
  • craziness
  • blither
  • piffle
  • tommyrot
  • blarney
  • hogwash
  • humbug
  • rot
  • buncombe
  • foolishness
  • tarradiddle
  • moonshine
  • poppycock
  • fiddlesticks
  • slush
  • fiddle-faddle
  • falderal
  • insanity
  • nerts
  • hoodoo
  • greek
  • codswallop
  • madness
  • malarky
  • crapola
  • gas
  • folly
  • blah-blah
  • hokeypokey
  • absurdity
  • taradiddle
  • foolery
  • senselessness
  • inanity
  • monkey business
  • tomfoolery
  • idiocy
  • hot air
  • absurdness
  • rigmarole
  • inaneness
  • imbecility
  • kookiness
  • rigamarole
  • asininity
  • fatuity
  • lunacy
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • witlessness
  • shenanigan(s)
  • hoity-toity
  • hocus-pocus
  • double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rationality
  • sensibleness
  • sense
  • horse sense
  • reasonableness
  • wisdom
  • reasonability
  • levelheadedness
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • discernment
  • common sense
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