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See definition of understated on Dictionary.com
  • as inclassical
  • as inlow-key
  • as insoft
  • as insubtle

synonyms for understated

  • classic
  • elegant
  • harmonious
  • pure
  • refined
  • restrained
  • symmetrical
  • well-proportioned

antonyms for understated

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  • complicated
  • modern
  • agitated
  • noisy
  • energized
  • high-strung
  • histrionic
  • nervous
  • pumped-up
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How to use understated in a sentence

I think my understated delivery might have helped to ground my performance.
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What pushes “Supernova” into the category of a sure bet is its understated, elegiac screenplay.
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It comes in eight stylish, understated patterns each with a water-resistant liner that is easily machine-washable.
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The most important consideration when choosing a soundbar for its size is that it retains flexibility and versatility in spite of having an understated appearance.
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Not many quick-brew coffee machines can prepare two beverages at once, but this machine from Senseo does just that, all while maintaining a low profile thanks to its simple functions and understated design.
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The losses on either side are difficult to estimate; they seem as usual to have been understated by the Parliamentarian writers.
THE GREAT CIVIL WAR IN LANCASHIRE (1642-1651)ERNEST BROXAP
I have understated it; it is not ten, but a hundred, that I should have said.
THE GUIDE OF THE DESERTGUSTAVE AIMARD
From all available collateral sources it appears that the official figures greatly understated the actual number of arrivals.
OUR FOREIGNERSSAMUEL P. ORTH
In order that we may understated this, it becomes necessary for us to consider the means by which it is formed.
THE ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTUREGEORGE E. WARING
Urgent as this message was, it really understated the desperate condition of British and Allied finances.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WALTER H. PAGE, VOLUME IIBURTON J. HENDRICK
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WORDS RELATED TO UNDERSTATED

  • classic
  • elegant
  • harmonious
  • pure
  • refined
  • restrained
  • symmetrical
  • understated
  • well-proportioned
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.