understatedadjective
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪ.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈsteɪ.t̬ɪd/not trying to attract attention or impress people:
approving He's very elegant, in an understated way.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- soft-pedal
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
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