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gloss over
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of GLOSS
1
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses <I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately>
2
to dismiss as of little importance <this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws>
Synonyms blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
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