Her dress has an understated charm.
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Understated
Synonyms for "understated" (30 found)
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Related words (15)
Adjective(1 words)
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20 translations across 10 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- անհավակնոտ adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- զուսպ adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 低調的 /低调的 adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- 樸素的 /朴素的 adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- 簡樸的 /简朴的 adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Danish
1 entries- nedtonet adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Dutch
1 entries- niet overdreven adj (restrained and unpretentious)
French
2 entries- réfréné adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- sans prétention adj (restrained and unpretentious)
German
3 entries- subtil adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- unaufdringlich adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- unauffällig adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Hungarian
1 entries- visszafogott adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Polish
2 entries- bezpretensjonalny adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- skromny adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Russian
2 entries- аскетичный adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- скромный adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Spanish
3 entries- comedido adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- discreto adj (restrained and unpretentious)
- sencillo adj (restrained and unpretentious)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Algeria's economic progress cannot be understated.
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Mary's clothes are understated.
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Greg, with his shaved head and monochrome beige outfit, might indeed carry a hint of Chabacano—not only in hue ("chabacano" can mean tawdry or gaudy in Spanish, but also refers to a Philippine creole rich in cultural blending), but perhaps also in the way he casually blends cultures himself: a white man dreaming of a Bed & Breakfast in Ainu country, with a Japanese wife, and a fondness for understated simplicity. Beige shorts and T-shirt—earth-toned, like compost and bamboo stalks.
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