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📖 Определения и значения для слова understatement

📒 a statement that makes something seem less important, impressive, serious, etc. than it really is

  • To say we were pleased is an understatement (= we were extremely pleased).
  • ‘These figures are a bit disappointing.’ ‘That's got to be the understatement of the year.’

📒 the practice of making things seem less impressive, important, serious, etc. than they really are

  • typical English understatement
  • He always goes for subtlety and understatement in his movies.
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