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Meaning of word understate from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Represent as less significant or important.

Synonyms : downplay, minimise, minimize

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.

Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

milklike (adjective)
Resembling milk in color. Not clear.

mimicry (noun)
The act of mimicking. Imitative behavior.

baker (noun)
Someone who bakes commercially.

jeddah (noun)
Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea. Near Mecca.

electrical fuse (noun)
An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded.

chastisement (noun)
Verbal punishment.

lady (noun)
A polite name for any woman.

bengali (noun)
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus).

chewing out (noun)
A severe scolding.

ockham (noun)
English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).

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