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understate: represent as less significant or important

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misteach collapse

deodorize collapse: eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits"

misstate collapse: state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position"

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

misquote collapse: quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician"

titivate collapse

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

trick out collapse

dress up collapse: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"; make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

belie collapse

gloss over collapse: treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

embellish collapse

gild collapse: decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

camouflage collapse: device or stratagem for concealment or deceit; fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background; disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something; "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"

garble collapse

parody collapse: humorous or satirical mimicry; a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way; make a spoof of or make fun of

embroider collapse: add details to; decorate with needlework

exaggerate collapse

travesty collapse: make a travesty of

caricature collapse: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

distort collapse

pervert collapse: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

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