Synonyms of glossing (over)

glossing (over)

verb

present participle of gloss (over)

1

as in explaining away

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 & Similar Words

• explaining away
• glozing (over)
• explaining
• excusing
• justifying
• deodorizing
• extenuating
• whitewashing
• palliating
• playing down
• accounting (for)
• minimizing
• confessing
• varnishing
• apologizing
• sugarcoating
• rationalizing
• atoning
• mitigating
• alleviating
• softening
• tempering
• lightening
• moderating
• lessening
• easing
• exonerating
• exculpating
• vindicating
• absolving
• acquitting
• soft-pedaling
• clearing

2

as in ignoring

to dismiss as of little importance

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignoring
• forgiving
• passing over
• overlooking
• papering over
• shrugging off
• explaining
• justifying
• glozing (over)
• pardoning
• forgiving and forgetting
• brushing (aside or off)
• blinking (at)
• winking (at)
• disregarding
• excusing
• closing one's eyes to
• discounting
• condoning
• whitewashing
• remitting
• overpassing
• rationalizing
• waving (aside or off)
• exonerating
• exculpating
• vindicating
• waiving
• absolving
• acquitting
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• objecting (to)
• marking
• noting
• heeding
• minding

• objecting (to)
• marking
• noting
• heeding
• minding