Australian English Meaning of understatement
_understatement_
Other Australian English words related to _understatement_
Nearest Words of understatement
- understated => understated
- understate => understate
- understandingly => understandingly
- understanding => understanding
- understander => Understander
- understanded => understood
- understandably => Understandably
- understandable => understandable
- understandability => Understandability
- understand => understand
Definitions and Meaning of understatement in English
understatement (n)
a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
understatement (n.)
The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.
FAQs About the word understatement
_understatement_
a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been saidThe act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is unde
disparagement,meiosis,belittling,Minimising,Whingeing
caricature,Colouring,Elaboration,enhancement,exaggeration,Magnification,overstatement,stretching,amplification,embellishment
understated => understated, understate => understate, understandingly => understandingly, understanding => understanding, understander => Understander,
