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Detailed Synonyms for gloss over in English

gloss over:

to gloss over verb (glosses over, glossed over, glossing over)

  1. to gloss over
    to hide; to disguise; to conceal; to suppress; to blur; to hush up; to mantle; to veil; to gloss over
    • hide verb (hides, hid, hiding)
    • disguise verb (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • conceal verb (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • blur verb (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • hush up verb (hushes up, hushed up, hushing up)
    • mantle verb (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • gloss over verb (glosses over, glossed over, glossing over)
  2. to gloss over
    trivialize; to play down; to gloss over; to smooth over; trivialise
  3. to gloss over
    – cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error 1
    to whitewash; to hush up; to gloss over; sleek over
    – cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error 1
    • whitewash verb (whitewashes, whitewashed, whitewashing)
      • Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin1
    • hush up verb (hushes up, hushed up, hushing up)
    • gloss over verb (glosses over, glossed over, glossing over)
      • She tried to gloss over her mistakes1
    • sleek over verb
  4. to gloss over
    – treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly 1
    to gloss over; to smooth over; skate over; skimp over; slur over
    – treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly 1

Conjugations for gloss over:

present
  1. gloss over
  2. gloss over
  3. glosses over
  4. gloss over
  5. gloss over
  6. gloss over
simple past
  1. glossed over
  2. glossed over
  3. glossed over
  4. glossed over
  5. glossed over
  6. glossed over
present perfect
  1. have glossed over
  2. have glossed over
  3. has glossed over
  4. have glossed over
  5. have glossed over
  6. have glossed over
past continuous
  1. was glossing over
  2. were glossing over
  3. was glossing over
  4. were glossing over
  5. were glossing over
  6. were glossing over
future
  1. shall gloss over
  2. will gloss over
  3. will gloss over
  4. shall gloss over
  5. will gloss over
  6. will gloss over
continuous present
  1. am glossing over
  2. are glossing over
  3. is glossing over
  4. are glossing over
  5. are glossing over
  6. are glossing over
subjunctive
  1. be glossed over
  2. be glossed over
  3. be glossed over
  4. be glossed over
  5. be glossed over
  6. be glossed over
diverse
  1. gloss over!
  2. let's gloss over!
  3. glossed over
  4. glossing over
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "gloss over":


Related Definitions for "gloss over":

  1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error1
    • She tried to gloss over her mistakes1
  2. treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly1

Related Synonyms for gloss over