gloze
/ɡloʊz/
verb
- To explain away or make excuses for something, especially to hide a fault or mistake.
- Instead of apologizing, he attempted to gloze the error with a flimsy excuse.
- The politician tried to gloze over his broken promises with vague statements.
- She would gloze her mistakes by blaming the team instead of admitting fault.
- To make something seem less serious or more acceptable by using smooth or flattering words.
- He glozed the bad news with a cheerful tone, hoping no one would notice.
- The advertisement tried to gloze the product's flaws with fancy language.
- The teacher refused to gloze the student's poor performance on the test.