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understateverb to say that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really isHe understated his taxable income. She's trying to understate the issue/problem. underplayde-emphasize, downplay, play down, soft-pedalbad-mouth, belittle, cry down, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, dismiss, disparage, kiss off, minimize, poor-mouth, put down, run down, talk down, trash, trash-talk exaggerate, overdo, overdraw, overstateelaborate, embellish, embroider, magnify, pad, stretchfudge, hedgemelodramatize, overemphasize, overplay, sensationalize in 1824 |