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премълчавам — meaning in English

premalchavam

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English meaning

  • palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
  • understate verb To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
  • withhold verb To refuse to give, share, or reveal something.

Senses

премълчавам is used for these senses in English:

  • elide To leave out or omit (something).
  • palliate (obsolete) To hide or disguise. [16th–19th c.]
  • understate (transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
  • withhold (transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.

palliate — full definition

  1. verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
  2. verb To hide or disguise.
  3. verb To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
  4. verb To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.

understate — full definition

  1. verb To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
  2. verb To state (something) with an intentional lack of emphasis, in order to express irony.
  3. verb To state a quantity that is too low.

Related Bulgarian words