Definitionn. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
Last update: October 26, 2015
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That was the understatement of the year. [Please select]
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"Now there's a cautious understatement," he commented. [Please select]
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The house is said to be three hundred and seventy-five years old, but we are convinced that this is a wicked understatement of its antiquity. [Please select]
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It is an understatement to say, as we look about our modern world, that Christianity has not been tried yet. [Please select]
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And it's only three or four houses----" Sonia shook her head, unconvinced by his understatement." [Please select]
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What moderation, and understatement, and checking his thunder in mid volley. [Please select]
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Taken literally, however, it was an understatement of the facts and wholly insincere. [Please select]
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