Synset:meiosis
Examples:
- saying 'I was not a little upset' when you mean 'I was very upset' is an example of litotes
Hypernyms:rhetorical device understatement
Inherited Hypernyms:litotesrhetorical devicedeviceexpressive stylecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:litotesunderstatementstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity