释义 |
present participle of gloze (over) 1 as in explaining away 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 -
explaining away -
glossing (over) -
explaining -
excusing -
justifying -
deodorizing -
extenuating -
whitewashing -
palliating -
playing down -
accounting (for) -
minimizing -
confessing -
varnishing -
sugarcoating -
apologizing -
atoning -
rationalizing -
mitigating -
alleviating -
softening -
lightening -
lessening -
tempering -
moderating -
easing -
exonerating -
exculpating -
vindicating -
absolving -
acquitting -
soft-pedaling -
clearing 2 as in ignoring to dismiss as of little importance we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie -
ignoring -
forgiving -
overlooking -
passing over -
shrugging off -
papering over -
explaining -
glossing (over) -
justifying -
pardoning -
winking (at) -
blinking (at) -
forgiving and forgetting -
brushing (aside or off) -
disregarding -
closing one's eyes to -
excusing -
discounting -
condoning -
whitewashing -
remitting -
overpassing -
rationalizing -
waving (aside or off) -
exonerating -
exculpating -
vindicating -
absolving -
waiving -
acquitting -
clearing -
objecting (to) -
marking -
noting -
heeding -
minding |