understatement — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

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.

   Użycie

   • rhetoric
   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

   Synonimy

   meiosis

   Antonimy

   auxesishyperbole

   Przykłady

   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.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • usually

   Synonimy

   trivialization

   Antonimy

   exaggerationoverstatement

   Przykłady

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   Użycie

   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

Rzeczownik

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

   Antonimy

   overstatement

   Terminy szersze

   statement