Antonyms for overstate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-steyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪt


Definition of overstate

Origin :
  • 1630s, "assume too much grandeur;" see over- + state (n.1). Meaning "state too strongly" is attested from 1798, from state (v.). Related: Overstated, overstating.
  • verb exaggerate
Example sentences :
  • It is not my wish to overstate it; yet I leave you to imagine what the risk may be.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • As it was, I had an affection for him which it would not be easy for me to overstate.
  • Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
  • All such phrases as these must appear of course to overstate the case.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Yet it would be easy to overstate the lawlessness of the Panhandle.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • While recognising this trait, then, let us not overstate either it or its consequences.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley
  • Do you think that I overstate the perils of places of this kind?
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
  • I noticed that he did not overstate anything, but spoke within bounds.
  • Extract from : « A Plea for Captain John Brown » by Henry David Thoreau
  • And it would be easy to overstate that thesis in such a way as to make it untrue.
  • Extract from : « Montaigne and Shakspere » by John M. Robertson
  • It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • The most telling way of making a statement is to overstate it.
  • Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins

Synonyms for overstate

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