litotes
Meanings
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary);
- "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
- LITOTES n pl. LITOTES a figure of speech in which an assertion is made by the negation of its opposite LITOTIC adj
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
litotes is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordlitotes is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
litotes is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
litotes is a valid Words With Friends word