释义 |
past tense of gloss (over) 1 as in glozed (over) 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 -
glozed (over) -
explained away -
excused -
justified -
explained -
whitewashed -
deodorized -
palliated -
extenuated -
played down -
minimized -
accounted (for) -
confessed -
varnished -
apologized -
rationalized -
atoned -
sugarcoated -
softened -
mitigated -
alleviated -
tempered -
lightened -
acquitted -
moderated -
exonerated -
lessened -
exculpated -
vindicated -
eased -
absolved -
soft-pedaled -
cleared 2 as in ignored to dismiss as of little importance this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws -
ignored -
overlooked -
passed over -
explained -
justified -
pardoned -
papered over -
shrugged off -
glozed (over) -
disregarded -
excused -
blinked (at) -
discounted -
winked (at) -
forgave and forgot -
condoned -
brushed (aside or off) -
closed one's eyes to -
whitewashed -
forgave -
remitted -
overpassed -
rationalized -
acquitted -
exonerated -
waived -
exculpated -
vindicated -
absolved -
cleared -
waved (aside or off) -
objected (to) -
marked -
noted -
heeded -
minded |