Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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

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 〙.