释义 |
present participle of gloss (over) 1 as in explaining away 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 -
explaining away -
glozing (over) -
explaining -
excusing -
justifying -
deodorizing -
extenuating -
whitewashing -
palliating -
playing down -
accounting (for) -
minimizing -
confessing -
varnishing -
apologizing -
sugarcoating -
rationalizing -
atoning -
mitigating -
alleviating -
softening -
tempering -
lightening -
moderating -
lessening -
easing -
exonerating -
exculpating -
vindicating -
absolving -
acquitting -
soft-pedaling -
clearing 2 as in ignoring to dismiss as of little importance this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws -
ignoring -
forgiving -
passing over -
overlooking -
papering over -
shrugging off -
explaining -
justifying -
glozing (over) -
pardoning -
forgiving and forgetting -
brushing (aside or off) -
blinking (at) -
winking (at) -
disregarding -
excusing -
closing one's eyes to -
discounting -
condoning -
whitewashing -
remitting -
overpassing -
rationalizing -
waving (aside or off) -
exonerating -
exculpating -
vindicating -
waiving -
absolving -
acquitting -
clearing -
objecting (to) -
marking -
noting -
heeding -
minding |