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单词 glossed (over)
释义

glossed (over)

verb

past tense of gloss (over)
1
as in glozed (over)
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • glozed (over)
  • explained away
  • excused
  • justified
  • explained
  • whitewashed
  • deodorized
  • palliated
  • extenuated
  • played down
  • minimized
  • accounted (for)
  • confessed
  • varnished
  • apologized
  • rationalized
  • atoned
  • sugarcoated
  • softened
  • mitigated
  • alleviated
  • tempered
  • lightened
  • acquitted
  • moderated
  • exonerated
  • lessened
  • exculpated
  • vindicated
  • eased
  • absolved
  • soft-pedaled
  • cleared
2
as in ignored
to dismiss as of little importance this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ignored
  • overlooked
  • passed over
  • explained
  • justified
  • pardoned
  • papered over
  • shrugged off
  • glozed (over)
  • disregarded
  • excused
  • blinked (at)
  • discounted
  • winked (at)
  • forgave and forgot
  • condoned
  • brushed (aside or off)
  • closed one's eyes to
  • whitewashed
  • forgave
  • remitted
  • overpassed
  • rationalized
  • acquitted
  • exonerated
  • waived
  • exculpated
  • vindicated
  • absolved
  • cleared
  • waved (aside or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • objected (to)
  • marked
  • noted
  • heeded
  • minded
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