| NOUN | communication | understatement | a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said |
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| Sounds | ah'nderstey.tmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said. | |
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| Narrower | litotes, meiosis | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) |
| Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
| Opposite | exaggeration, overstatement, magnification | making to seem more important than it really is |
| Spanish | atenuación, eufemismo, lítote | |
| Catalan | atenuació, eufemisme, lítote | |
| Verbs | understate | represent as less significant or important |
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