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understating

verb , present participle of understate

Synonyms and Antonyms of understating

to say that (something) is smaller, less important, etc., than it really is

He understated his taxable income.

She's trying to understate the issue/problem.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of understating

de-emphasizing, downplaying, playing down, soft-pedaling

bad-mouthing, belittling, crying down, decrying, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, derogating, dismissing, disparaging, kissing off, minimizing, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of understating

exaggerating, overdoing, overdrawing, overstating

elaborating, embellishing, embroidering, magnifying, padding, stretching

fudging, hedging

melodramatizing, overemphasizing, overplaying, sensationalizing

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