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glossed (over)

verb , past tense of gloss (over)

Synonyms and Antonyms of glossed (over)

1 to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses

I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately

Synonyms of glossed (over)

deodorized, excused, explained away, extenuated, glozed (over), palliated, whitewashed

Words Related to glossed (over)

sugarcoated, varnished

apologized, atoned, confessed

accounted (for), explained, justified, rationalized

minimized, played down, soft-pedaled

alleviated, eased, lessened, lightened, mitigated, moderated, softened, tempered

absolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated

2 to dismiss as of little importance

this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws

Synonyms of glossed (over)

blinked (at), brushed (aside or off), condoned, discounted, disregarded, excused, forgave, glozed (over), ignored, overlooked, overpassed, papered over, pardoned, passed over, remitted, shrugged off, whitewashed, winked (at)

Words Related to glossed (over)

explained, justified, rationalized

absolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated

waived, waved (aside or off)

Phrases Synonymous with glossed (over)

closed one's eyes to, forgave and forgot

Near Antonyms of glossed (over)

heeded, marked, minded, noted, objected (to)

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