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All understated antonyms

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adj understated

  • caricatural — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.

adjective understated

  • flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
  • flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
  • flashy — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
  • exaggerated — That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
  • overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
  • overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
  • inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
  • emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.

verb understated

  • overdrew — Simple past form of overdraw.
  • aggrandized — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrandize.
  • misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
  • emphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize.
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