Downplay

Synonyms for "downplay" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Verb(7 words)

minimize understate background backgrounded belittle belittled belittles

abate allay alleviate assuage belittle blunt chasten constrain control damp dampende emphasize

Noun(4 words)

background sectionbackground variablebackgrounding belittling

Strong matches (33)

Verb(12 words)

de-emphasize deemphasize deflating demayanize demoted denigrated denigratesdiminish impacteuphemize glossedignore biologyignore rules guideline

deaden deprecate depreciatedetract fromdiminish downgrade dull dwarf extenuate lay lessen lightenmake light of

Adjective(1 words)

diminished

Noun(7 words)

diminishing dimsdisregard biologydwarfs gloss glosses glossing

Related words (56)

make nothing ofmitigate moderate modulate palliate reduce restrain slackenslow downsmother soften stifle subdue suppresstake the edge offtame temperthink nothing oftone downtune down

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underplay weaken

Noun(12 words)

menkentminimum amountminors pigeonholeshow disregardsidelinestring mutesugarcoating trivializing underplaying underselling understating

Verb(17 words)

minimise minimizedplay downreduce emphasistrifled trivialize trivialized trivializes underacted underplay underplayed underplays underrates undersell understated understates unpin

Determiner(2 words)

more backgroundmost background

Adjective(3 words)

muted obscure undervalued

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

accent accentuate act communication emphasise emphasize inform punctuate stress verb

More specific

6 entries

humility minimization modesty selfeffacement trivialization understatement

Collocations

6 entries

credibility impact limitations reputation risk significance

Inflections

3 entries

downplayed downplaying downplays

Derivations

1 entries

downplaying

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Not to downplay the situation, but could he be joking?

Source: tatoeba (8680933)

If you try to downplay this, I'm going to walk away.

Source: tatoeba (8680935)

She often likes to downplay her achievements.

Source: tatoeba (8680938)

Laura may be a prodigy, but she is known to downplay her failures.

Source: tatoeba (8680942)

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