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understatement English

Meaning understatement meaning

What does understatement mean?

understatement

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

Synonyms understatement synonyms

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Examples understatement examples

How do I use understatement in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
That's an understatement!
That would be an understatement.

Movie subtitles

Well.. eventhatis an understatement.
That's a masterpiece of understatement.
To say that I am thunderstruck is an understatement.
That was a gross understatement.
What an understatement.
It's sheer understatement to call this ambrosia soup.
Fond is an understatement.
That, Your Grace, is an understatement.
That is the understatement of the year.
Are you given to understatement, Father?
This case, this Villette murder, is all understatement so far.
This British understatement of yours, I begin to find irritating.
You're a master of the understatement. Why don't you admit she's out of her mind?
That's an understatement.
I resent the understatement.
That is an understatement.
That seems to be rather an understatement.
That is a masterpiece of understatement.
That, I'm afraid, is probably quite an understatement.
That's an understatement, if I've ever heard one.
To say I was surprised would be an understatement.
You have a gift for understatement, Mr. Spock.
You have a talent for understatement, lieutenant.
Doctor, you have an unsurpassed talent for understatement.
That's an understatement if I ever heard one.

News and current affairs

GENEVA - It would be an understatement to say that our world is undergoing rapid and far-reaching change.
And, as for the region's governments, it would be an understatement to say that they are not yet ready militarily to take their fate into their own hands.

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