understatement
Example Sentences
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As for the camp factor, many massive understatements in the script will trigger appreciative howls of laughter.
To call that identity intriguing is an understatement.
Describing “Tron: Ares” as a box office flop is an understatement – more like, it crashed into the public’s disinterest and burst into thousands of tiny cubes.
From Salon
To call the 50th-anniversary edition of “Wish You Were Here” a smorgasbord is an understatement.
From Salon
“It’s a place I don’t always love being in,” he says — a bit of an understatement.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
