What is the antonym or slang for "exaggerate"?
What is the antonym or slang for "exaggerate"?

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What is the antonym or slang for "exaggerate"?
What is the antonym or slang for "exaggerate"?

Thank you very much!

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Understate? It depends on the context, I'd say.

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To downplay

Example: I didn't want her to worry about me, so I downplayed my health issues.

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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.

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amplify, distort, emphasize, fabricate, falsify, heighten, inflate, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, boast, boost.

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