understatement
nounHow many syllables in understatement?
There are 4 syllables in the word understatement.How to pronounce understatement:
Definition of understatement:
- understatement (noun):
- refinement of feeling, manner, or appreciation
- the act of understating something or the practice of making such statements
- a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.
- a statement that represents something as smaller or less intense, or less important than it really is a statement that understates something
Synonyms for understatement:
belittlement
disparagement
euphemism
litotes
meiosis
minimizing
statement
trivialization
Antonyms for understatement:
aggrandisement
aggrandizement
amplification
caricature
coloring
colouring
dramatisation
dramatization
elaboration
embellishment
embroidering
embroidery
enhancement
exaggeration
excessiveness
extravagance
hyperbole
inflation
magnification
ornamentation
over-emphasis
overemphasis
overestimation
overplaying
overstatement
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