Meaning of understatement in English:
understatement
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noun
mass nounThe presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.
‘a master of English understatement’- ‘to say I am delighted is an understatement’
- ‘He was a natural diplomat, too, cool as a breeze under pressure and a master of understatement.’
- ‘She is at once fiercely competitive and ladylike, a fighter to the death and yet a model of polite understatement.’
- ‘The reading of his will raised some eyebrows, to riot in understatement.’
- ‘More than half a century later the country has moved from understatement to groundless exaggeration.’
- ‘It's a hilarious film full of gems of comic absurdity that are mixed in with nonchalant understatement.’
- ‘For those in need of a true soul album, loaded with understatement, look no further.’
- ‘Either way, it is clear he was a writer who preferred hint and understatement, a wink instead of a nudge.’
- ‘As with all his films to date, his understatement proves to be his greatest strength.’
- ‘I only read it for the first time last year and it's no understatement to say it was a life-changing read.’
- ‘This song set the tone for the downbeat understatement that the event traditionally displays.’
- ‘Evan has a way of combining generous understatement with a big grin that is very endearing.’
- ‘The film was an exercise in stylish understatement, and was all the better for it.’
- ‘One of the ways he achieves the element of understatement is by usually talking quietly.’
- ‘To say the game could have done with a goal then is understatement.’
- ‘The sequence is thus all the more powerful for its brevity and understatement.’
- ‘This is a harrowing play made all the more poignant by its understatement.’
- ‘However he carries it off with real pathos and at times almost heroic understatement.’
- ‘Apart from his many other talents, he is also master of the understatement.’
- ‘Clearly, living so long and so intimately with other people has made him a master of the understatement.’
- ‘To say the man was large would be an understatement beyond all understatements.’
minimization, trivialization, euphemismView synonyms
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