Mots en English pour 'To speak with understatement and/or modesty.'
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verb
adv
- Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
- (sometimes proscribed) Used as an intensifier with statements or terms that are in fact meant figuratively and not word for word as stated.
- (colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
- (colloquial) Used as a general intensifier or dramatiser, sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler.
- Draws attention to a pun or other wordplay involving an idiom.
- With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
- in a literal sense
- (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
adv
adj
- Low in rank or social importance.
- Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
- Not lofty or sublime; humble.
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- inferior in rank or status
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
verb
noun
- An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.
- An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.
- A low state of the physical faculties.
- A pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour.
- a pale or subdued color
- a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
- a quiet or hushed tone of voice
adv
adj
noun
verb
noun
- Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”).
- The first-person plural pronoun used by an editor or other spokesperson when speaking with the authority of their publication, profession, organization, or company.
- The practice, common in mathematical and scientific literature, of referring to a generic third person by we (instead of the more common one or the informal you), or of implying that the writer and the reader, or all of humanity, are united as collaborators in thinking the sequence of thoughts that the narrative describes.
noun
- words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
- (Internet) A burner account.
- Any printed material that need not be kept after being read; especially, a flyer or brochure.
adj
verb
- (figuratively) To attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement, so that the listener accepts the good points as obvious.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Chiefly followed by on: to act in a less assertive or forceful manner.
- (figuratively) To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.
- To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).
- play down or obscure
adj
- Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
noun
verb
adj
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- low or inferior in station or quality
- free from pomp or affectation
- not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
verb
noun
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
adj
- Giving only a slight impression; elusive, indistinct; also, skilfully restrained or understated.
- Acting (especially causing harm) in a stealthy, often gradual, manner; insidious.
- Of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; nice; also (generally), difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious.
- Of a person: sensitive to the feelings of others; discreet, tactful.
- Of an artist, a musician, etc.: having a light touch; sensitive.
- (historical) Of a substance, especially a gas or liquid: of low density or thin consistency; rarefied, tenuous; hence, tending to spread everywhere due to this quality.
- Of a person, their intellect or mind, etc.: discerning, perceptive, shrewd, wise.
- Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous, unintrusive.
- difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- able to make fine distinctions
noun
verb
verb
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
verb
noun
verb
- To speak or say in a snippish manner.
- (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
noun
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- A piece cut out by snipping.
- (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
- the act of clipping or snipping
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
verb
- (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- Alternative spelling of lour.
- (transitive) To reduce the height of
- (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To pull down
- (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- (transitive) To depress as to direction
- (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
- (transitive) To bring down; to humble
- (transitive) To make less elevated
- make lower or quieter
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to drop or sink
- set lower
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
adj
adv
noun
noun
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
verb
noun
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
- (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
- (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
noun
- Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”).
- The first-person plural pronoun used by an editor or other spokesperson when speaking with the authority of their publication, profession, organization, or company.
- The practice, common in mathematical and scientific literature, of referring to a generic third person by we (instead of the more common one or the informal you), or of implying that the writer and the reader, or all of humanity, are united as collaborators in thinking the sequence of thoughts that the narrative describes.
noun
- words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
- (Internet) A burner account.
- Any printed material that need not be kept after being read; especially, a flyer or brochure.
adj
noun
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
- (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
verb
verb
noun
- An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.
- An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.
- A low state of the physical faculties.
- A pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour.
- a pale or subdued color
- a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
- a quiet or hushed tone of voice
verb
- (figuratively) To attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement, so that the listener accepts the good points as obvious.
- (intransitive, figuratively) Chiefly followed by on: to act in a less assertive or forceful manner.
- (figuratively) To reduce the force or impact of (something); to damp, to mute; especially, to minimize the less desirable aspects of (something); to play down, to tone down.
- To reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.).
- play down or obscure
verb
noun
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
verb
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
verb
noun
verb
- To speak or say in a snippish manner.
- (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
noun
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- A piece cut out by snipping.
- (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
- the act of clipping or snipping
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
verb
- (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- Alternative spelling of lour.
- (transitive) To reduce the height of
- (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To pull down
- (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- (transitive) To depress as to direction
- (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
- (transitive) To bring down; to humble
- (transitive) To make less elevated
- make lower or quieter
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to drop or sink
- set lower
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
adj
adv
noun
verb
noun
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
- (cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
- (countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.
- (countable, uncountable) Soft indistinct speech.
adv
- Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
- (sometimes proscribed) Used as an intensifier with statements or terms that are in fact meant figuratively and not word for word as stated.
- (colloquial) Used as a generic downtoner: just, merely.
- (colloquial) Used as a general intensifier or dramatiser, sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler.
- Draws attention to a pun or other wordplay involving an idiom.
- With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.
- in a literal sense
- (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
adv
adj
- Low in rank or social importance.
- Not high; not elevated in place; low.
- Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
- Not lofty or sublime; humble.
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- inferior in rank or status
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
adv
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- low or inferior in station or quality
noun
verb
adj
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- low or inferior in station or quality
- free from pomp or affectation
- not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
adj
- Giving only a slight impression; elusive, indistinct; also, skilfully restrained or understated.
- Acting (especially causing harm) in a stealthy, often gradual, manner; insidious.
- Of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; nice; also (generally), difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious.
- Of a person: sensitive to the feelings of others; discreet, tactful.
- Of an artist, a musician, etc.: having a light touch; sensitive.
- (historical) Of a substance, especially a gas or liquid: of low density or thin consistency; rarefied, tenuous; hence, tending to spread everywhere due to this quality.
- Of a person, their intellect or mind, etc.: discerning, perceptive, shrewd, wise.
- Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous, unintrusive.
- difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- able to make fine distinctions