| Understate (v. t.) To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully. Thesaurus Entries belie, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, color, disguise, distort, dress up, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overdraw, overstate, parody, pervert, slant, strain, titivate, travesty, trick out, twist, varnish, warp, whitewash, wrench |