Synonyms of glozing (over)

glozing (over)

verb

present participle of gloze (over)

1

as in explaining away

to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses

he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in ignoring

to dismiss as of little importance

we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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