Synonyms of glossing (over)

glossing (over)

verb

present participle of gloss (over)

1

as in explaining away

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explaining away
• excusing
• explaining
• glozing (over)
• justifying
• accounting (for)
• extenuating
• deodorizing
• whitewashing
• palliating
• playing down
• minimizing
• confessing
• varnishing
• apologizing
• rationalizing
• atoning
• alleviating
• mitigating
• softening
• sugarcoating
• moderating
• tempering
• lightening
• lessening
• easing
• exonerating
• exculpating
• vindicating
• absolving
• acquitting
• soft-pedaling
• clearing

2

as in ignoring

to dismiss as of little importance

this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignoring
• overlooking
• forgiving
• passing over
• brushing (aside or off)
• winking (at)
• explaining
• blinking (at)
• papering over
• shrugging off
• justifying
• pardoning
• glozing (over)
• forgiving and forgetting
• disregarding
• excusing
• discounting
• closing one's eyes to
• condoning
• remitting
• whitewashing
• waving (aside or off)
• overpassing
• rationalizing
• exonerating
• exculpating
• vindicating
• absolving
• waiving
• acquitting
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• objecting (to)
• marking
• noting
• heeding
• minding