English-Swedish translations for understatement

• underdrift
  Det om något är en underdrift.That, if anything, is an understatement.
  Det måste vara en diplomatisk underdrift.That has to be a diplomatic understatement.
  Det - om något - är en underdrift!That is an understatement if ever there was one!

Definition of understatement

• An incomplete statement, ''particularly''

Examples

• A master of understatement
• Now thats an understatement

Related words

• understand
• understanding
• understandable
• misunderstand
• understandability
• misunderstanding
• understandably
• understate
• understated