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

Meaning : Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).

Example : Saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes.

Synonyms : meiosis

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.