understated

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Restrained and unpretentious.

Verb

simple past and past participle of understate

understate

1. (transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
2. (transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
3. To state a quantity that is too low.

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Concepts

sobre

retenu

Synonymes

unpretentious

unostentatious

low-key

quiet

restrained

sedate

self-contained

subdued

subtle

temperate

unpretending

discreet

low-keyed

implied

Traductions

untertrieb

abgeschwächt

subtil

unaufdringlich

modesto

sutil

مغموط

contido

dezent

Étymologie (Anglais)

From under- + stated.