flack

as ingrievance
as inimbroglio

Synonyms for flack

noun complaint, gripe

Antonyms for flack

imbroglio

noun. misunderstanding; fight

Word Origin & History

"publicity or press agent," 1945, also as a verb by that year, said to have been coined in show biz magazine "Variety" (but this is not the first attested use), supposedly from name of Gene Flack, a movie agent, but influenced by flak. There was a Gene Flack who was an advertising executive in the U.S. during the 1940s, but he seems to have sold principally biscuits, not movies.

Example Sentences forflack

Get some of the servants to give you a description of him, and 'phone it through to Flack at the Yard.

"Well, he's a prince compared with Mr. Flack," Delia declared.

"Good-bye, Mr. Flack," said Francie, trying to gain ground from him.

"Well, I was in hopes I could show you something," Mr. Flack said.

"You draw me out and then you gibe at me," Mr. Flack returned.

"That one at the studio didn't make much of me, certainly," Mr. Flack declared.

Without Mr. Flack, at the cafes, he felt too much a non-consumer.

"I don't know, Mr. Flack," Francie answered with impatience.

"Well, they're like me then," said Mr. Flack with friendly cheer.

"I'm sorry; I hoped you'd tell me a good lot about it," said Mr. Flack, not with levity.

flack

Synonyms for flack

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More words related to flack

grievance

grievances

imbroglio