Antonyms for understated


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-der-stey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈsteɪ tɪd


Definition of understated

Origin :
  • 1824, from under + state (v.). Related: Understated (of fashions, etc., from 1957); understating.
  • verb underestimate
Example sentences :
  • "I liked it, Mr. Paret," she replied simply, and I knew that she had understated.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • I have understated it; it is not ten, but a hundred, that I should have said.
  • Extract from : « The Guide of the Desert » by Gustave Aimard
  • From all that I hear, I still think that I have understated them.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume III (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • In my History of the time I have understated the number of those who were executed.
  • Extract from : « The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon » by J.A. Froude
  • "Oh, I've been keeping in touch," Lancedale understated gently.
  • Extract from : « Null-ABC » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • He overstates the case as much, at least, as it has been understated by the abettors of Liberalism.
  • Extract from : « Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws » by James Buchanan
  • Heysham had understated the case, for unless we struck the railroad we might very well freeze to death on the prairie.
  • Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss
  • But, at any rate, Frank had certainly not understated the facts, for Tony was the possessor of a fine black eye.
  • Extract from : « The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron » by Graham B. Forbes
  • As in the former paragraph he understated his case, in this he would overstate it.
  • Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various
  • The losses on either side are difficult to estimate; they seem as usual to have been understated by the Parliamentarian writers.
  • Extract from : « The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) » by Ernest Broxap

Synonyms for understated

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