| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (I) Formation of Ideas | | Section V. Results of Reasoning |
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| 483. Underestimation. |
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| NOUN: | UNDERESTIMATION; depreciation (detraction) [See Detraction]; pessimism; self-detraction, self-depreciation; undervaluation, miosis, litotes [rhet.]; undervaluing &c. v.; modesty [See Modesty].
PESSIMIST, depreciator, knocker [slang], crape-hanger [slang].
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| VERB: | UNDERRATE, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon; depreciate; disparage (detract) [See Detraction]; not do justice to; misprize, disprize; ridicule [See Ridicule]; pessimize; slight (despise) [See Contempt]; neglect [See Neglect]; slur over.
make -light, - little, - nothing, - no account- of; belittle, knock [slang], slam [slang], run down [colloq.], minimize, think nothing of; set no store by, set at naught; shake off like water from a duck’s back, shake off as dewdrops from the lion’s mane.
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| ADJECTIVE: | DEPRECIATING &c. v.; depreciative, depreciatory.
DEPRECIATED &c. v.; unappreciated, unvalued, unprized.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - All pessimism has a secret optimism for its object.—Chesterton
- Pessimist—a man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it.—Shaw
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