That's an understatement!
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Understatement
//ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt//
Synonyms for "understatement" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
27 translations across 16 languages.
Czech
1 entries- zmírnění noun (statement less than complete)
Danish
1 entries- underdrivelse noun (statement less than complete)
Esperanto
1 entries- maltroigo noun (statement less than complete)
Finnish
1 entries- vähätelmä noun (statement less than complete)
French
3 entries- litote noun (statement less than complete)
- peu dire noun (statement less than complete)
- rien dire noun (statement less than complete)
German
2 entries- Tiefstapelei noun (statement less than complete)
- Untertreibung noun (statement less than complete)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְשׁוֹן הַמְעָטָה noun (statement less than complete)
Hungarian
2 entries- enyhe kifejezés noun (statement less than complete)
- visszafogott megfogalmazás noun (statement less than complete)
Irish
1 entries- maolaisnéis noun (statement less than complete)
Italian
2 entries- eufemismo noun (statement less than complete)
- ipobole noun (a figure speech often for ironic effect)
Polish
2 entries- niedomówienie noun (statement less than complete)
- niedookreślenie noun (statement less than complete)
Portuguese
1 entries- eufemismo noun (statement less than complete)
Romanian
1 entries- litotă noun (statement less than complete)
Russian
1 entries- преуменьше́ние noun (statement less than complete)
Spanish
4 entries- atenuación noun (statement less than complete)
- comedimiento noun (a figure speech often for ironic effect)
- extenuación noun (statement less than complete)
- frivolización noun (statement less than complete)
Swedish
1 entries- underdrift noun (statement less than complete)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
There are whole cultures where understatement is bred in the bone. In New England one hears as satisfaction: "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."
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That's an understatement.
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That's something of an understatement.
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Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.
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