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gloss over
phrasal verb
(gloss over)
to treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important
Words Related to
gloss over
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whitewash
,
hush up
,
skate over
,
skimp over
,
sleek over
,
slur over
,
smooth over
,
platitudinize
,
temporise
,
sugarcoat
,
superficialize
,
gloze
,
oversimplify
,
sentimentalization
,
trivialize
,
lead astray
,
miscomprehend
,
romanticize
,
ununderstood
,
lead on
,
underplay
,
misattend
,
misconstrue
,
downplay
,
misken
,
bemuddle
,
elide
,
misunderstand
,
dissemble
,
misrepresent
,
put one over
,
explain away
,
drown out
,
palm off
,
misregard
,
obfuscate
,
obscure
,
glaze over
,
mislead
,
misrepresenter
,
misinterpreter
,
leasy
,
misknow
,
rehash
,
deceive
,
overdramatize
,
whitewasher
,
fish story
,
mythologization
,
superficial
,
maskirovka
,
sensationalize
,
paraleipsis
,
beswike
,
fictionalize
,
uncandid
,
unimportant
,
tread on
,
misinterpret
,
exotery
,
overemphasize
,
half measure
,
soft pedal
,
betray
,
dumb down
,
unclearness
,
gloss
,
decipiency
,
trite
,
mythologize
,
handwave
,
oblite
,
pretermission
,
conspiracy of silence
,
overplay
,
misinformer
,
cavillation
,
ignore
,
misintelligence
,
cliched
,
trivialise
,
unexaggerated
,
perfunctory
,
unrealize
,
ungrasped
,
blot out
,
lyingly
,
skimp
,
unveracious
,
distort
,
deceivable
,
aberr
,
overelaborate
,
pretex
,
neglect
,
contradictious
,
omissive
,
misstate
,
simplistic
,
misinform
,
gloss over
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