gloze

[glohz] / gloʊz /

VERB

palliate

Synonyms

STRONG

abate allay alleviate assuage camouflage cloak conceal condone cover diminish disguise dissemble ease exculpate excuse extenuate hide justify lessen lighten mask minimize mitigate moderate mollify prettify qualify relieve screen soften soothe sugarcoat temper varnish veil veneer vindicate white whiten whitewash

WEAK

apologize for hush up make light of put on a Band-Aid quick fix

Antonyms

STRONG

accuse aggravate agitate allow blacken blame burden condemn darken depress disclose divulge enlarge expose extend incite increase intensify irritate lay bare let out magnify open prolong provoke reveal sentence show strip tell trouble uncover unmask upset worry worsen

Example Sentences

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"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."

From Time Magazine Archive

He knew his father never cared for him, though his mother tried her best to gloze over the indifference of her husband.

From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)

Doub′le-gild, to gild with double coatings of gold: to gloze over.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Why should we gloze and flatter, to be proved Liars hereafter?

From Oedipus Trilogy by Storr, Francis

Yet it would be as falsely sentimental to set up a golden age as a heightening background for the evils that came with coal as it would be to ignore or gloze over those evils.

From The Coming of Coal by Bruere, Robert W.

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