understatement — Английский словарь

Существительное

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.

   Употребление

   • rhetoric
   • неисчисляемое
   • usually

   Синонимы

   meiosis

   Антонимы

   auxesishyperbole

   Примеры

   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.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • usually

   Синонимы

   trivialization

   Антонимы

   exaggerationoverstatement

   Примеры

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   Употребление

   • неисчисляемое
   • usually

Существительное

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

   Антонимы

   overstatement

   Более общие понятия

   statement