English-Thai Dictionary

understate

VI บรรยาย ไม่ เต็มที่  กล่าวถึง อย่าง ไม่ เต็มที่  low-key classical subtle throwaway overstate exaggerate ban-yai-mai-tem-ti

 

understate

VT กล่าวถึง อย่าง ไม่ เต็มที่  กล่าวถึง น้อยกว่า ความเป็นจริง  low-key classical subtle throwaway overstate exaggerate klao-thueng-yang-mai-tem-ti

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDERSTATE

UNDERSTATE Un `der *state ", v. t.

 

Defn: To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

 

UNDERSTATEMENT

UNDERSTATEMENT Un "der *state `ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

understate

un der state |ˌəndərˈstāt ˌəndərˈsteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] describe or represent (something ) as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is: the press has understated the extent of the problem. DERIVATIVES un der stat er |ˈəndərˌstātər |noun

 

understated

un der stat ed |ˌəndərˈstātid əndərˈsteɪdɪd | ▶adjective presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way: understated elegance. DERIVATIVES un der stat ed ly adverb

 

understatement

un der state ment |ˈəndərˌstātmənt ˈəndərˌsteɪtmənt | ▶noun the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is: a master of English understatement | to say I am delighted is an understatement.

 

Oxford Dictionary

understate

under |state |ʌndəˈsteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] describe or represent (something ) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is: the press have understated the extent of the problem. DERIVATIVES understater noun

 

understated

under |stated |ˌʌndəˈstəɪtɪd | ▶adjective presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way: understated elegance. DERIVATIVES understatedly adverb

 

understatement

under |state |ment |ʌndəˈsteɪtm (ə )nt, ˈʌndə -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] the presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is: a master of English understatement | [ count noun ] : to say I am delighted is an understatement.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

understate

understate verb let's not understate the importance of the coaching staff: play down, downplay, underrate, underplay, de-emphasize, trivialize, minimize, diminish, downgrade, brush aside, gloss over, put it mildly; informal soft-pedal, sell short. ANTONYMS exaggerate.

 

understatement

understatement noun calling this event unfortunate is a gross understatement: minimization, trivialization, euphemism; understatedness, restraint, reserve, underplaying, underemphasis; subtlety, delicacy; technical litotes, meiosis. ANTONYMS overstatement, exaggeration.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

understate

understate verb we have been guilty of understating the size of the problem: play down, downplay, make light of, underrate, rate too low, not do justice to, do an injustice to, underplay, de-emphasize, underemphasize, trivialize, minimize, diminish, downgrade, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, shrug off; informal soft-pedal, sell short; rare misprize, minify. ANTONYMS overstate, exaggerate, emphasize.

 

understatement

understatement noun to say I am delighted is an understatement | he spoke with a delightful degree of understatement: minimization, trivialization, euphemism; understatedness, restraint, reserve, underplaying, underemphasis; subtlety, delicacy; technical litotes, meiosis. ANTONYMS overstatement, exaggeration.

 

Duden Dictionary

Understatement

Un der state ment Substantiv, Neutrum bildungssprachlich , das |ˈʌndəˈsteɪtmənt andɐˈsteɪtmɛnt |das Understatement; Genitiv: des Understatements, Plural: die Understatements englisch understatement, aus: under = unter, unterhalb von und statement = Behauptung, Aussage, Erklärung [bewusste ] Untertreibung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

understate

ù nder st á te 動詞 他動詞 自動詞 (…を )控えめに述べる ; (〈数など 〉を )少なめに言う (↔overstate , exaggerate ).

 

understated

ù nder st á t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗控えめな, 微妙な 〈色 効果など 〉(subtle ).

 

understatement

ù nder st á te ment 名詞 1 U 控えめに述べること .2 C 控えめな表現 〘rather goodの意味でnot badと言うなど; 英国人に好まれるとされる; ↔overstatement 〙.