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What is the antonym or slang for "exaggerate"?
What is the antonym or slang for "exaggerate"?
Thank you very much!
Mar 15, 2018 8:20 AM
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Understate? It depends on the context, I'd say.
March 15, 2018
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To downplay
Example: I didn't want her to worry about me, so I downplayed my health issues.
March 15, 2018
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Hi Ethan, you can check out this resource: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/exaggerate
March 15, 2018
I saw that wrong as well, I was thinking synonyms when he clearly asked for antonyms which means opposite, big - small, exaggerate - downplay, cold - hot, etc.
Easy mistake.
March 15, 2018
amplify, distort, emphasize, fabricate, falsify, heighten, inflate, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, boast, boost.
March 15, 2018
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