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glozes (over)verbpresent tense third-person singular of gloze (over) to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuseshe tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs deodorizes, excuses, explains away, extenuates, glosses (over), palliates, whitewashes sugarcoats, varnishesapologizes, atones, confessesaccounts (for), explains, justifies, rationalizesminimizes, plays down, soft-pedalsalleviates, eases, lessens, lightens, mitigates, moderates, softens, tempersabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicates to dismiss as of little importancewe're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie blinks (at), brushes (aside or off), condones, discounts, disregards, excuses, forgives, glosses (over), ignores, overlooks, overpasses, papers over, pardons, passes over, remits, shrugs off, whitewashes, winks (at) explains, justifies, rationalizesabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicateswaives, waves (aside or off) closes one's eyes to, forgives and forgets heeds, marks, minds, notes, objects (to) |