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downplay

DEFINITIONS OF: downplay

1

v understate the importance or quality of

Synonyms:
background, play down
Antonyms:
foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
Types:
wave off
dismiss as insignificant
soft-pedal
play down or obscure
Type of:
accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress
to stress, single out as important

v represent as less significant or important

Synonyms:
minimise, minimize, understate
Antonyms:
amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Types:
trivialise, trivialize
make trivial or insignificant
Type of:
inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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