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How to pronounce understated:

Synonyms for understated:

appropriate
conservative
fitting
graceful
handsome
low-key
low-keyed
modest
muted
plain
proper
quiet
repressed
restrained
simple
sober
subdued
suitable
tasteful
toned-down
unadorned
unflashy
unobtrusive
unpretentious

Antonyms for understated:

actorly
adorned
affected
aggrandized
ambiguous
amplified
appareled
apparelled
aroused
arrayed
arty-farty
baroque
bedecked
bedizened
blatant
bling
bling-bling
blown up
boisterous
bombastic
brash
brassy
brazen
bright
brilliant
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