understatement — 영어 사전

명사

1. A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.

   용법

   • rhetoric
   • 불가산
   • usually

   동의어

   meiosis

   반의어

   auxesishyperbole

   예문

   A master of understatement

   And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement.

2. An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement.

   용법

   • 가산
   • usually

   동의어

   trivialization

   반의어

   exaggerationoverstatement

   예문

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   용법

   • 불가산
   • usually

명사

1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

   반의어

   overstatement

   상위어

   statement