释义 |
past tense of gloze (over) 1 as in glossed (over) to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs -
glossed (over) -
excused -
justified -
explained -
explained away -
whitewashed -
deodorized -
palliated -
extenuated -
played down -
minimized -
confessed -
varnished -
accounted (for) -
apologized -
rationalized -
atoned -
mitigated -
softened -
alleviated -
tempered -
sugarcoated -
lightened -
moderated -
lessened -
exonerated -
acquitted -
eased -
vindicated -
exculpated -
absolved -
soft-pedaled -
cleared 2 as in ignored to dismiss as of little importance we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie -
ignored -
overlooked -
passed over -
explained -
justified -
pardoned -
glossed (over) -
papered over -
disregarded -
shrugged off -
excused -
discounted -
winked (at) -
blinked (at) -
forgave and forgot -
condoned -
whitewashed -
remitted -
forgave -
closed one's eyes to -
brushed (aside or off) -
overpassed -
rationalized -
exonerated -
acquitted -
waived -
vindicated -
exculpated -
absolved -
cleared -
waved (aside or off) -
objected (to) -
marked -
noted -
heeded -
minded |