playing down

Main Entry:
play down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend as if something were unimportant
Synonyms: belittle, deemphasize, gloss over, hold back*, make light of, make little of, minimize, mute, restrain, soft-pedal, soften, underplay, underrate
Antonyms: blow up, build up, explode, play up
Main Entry: humiliate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: embarrass, put down
Synonyms: abase, abash, base, bemean, blister, break, bring down, bring low, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, cut down to size, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, make a fool of, make ashamed, mortify, pan, play down, put out of countenance, put to shame, rip*, run down, shame, shoot down, slam*, smear, snub, squash, subdue, take down a peg, take down, tear down, vanquish, wither
Antonyms: build up, elevate, laud, praise
Main Entry: minimize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make smaller; underrate
Synonyms: abbreviate, attenuate, belittle, cheapen, curtail, cut down to size, cut rate, decrease, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, downplay*, dwarf*, knock down, knock*, lessen, make light of, make little of, miniaturize, pan, play down, pooh-pooh, poor-mouth, prune, put down, reduce, run down, shrink, underestimate, underplay
Notes: reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important
Antonyms: enlarge, maximize, overestimate, overrate
Main Entry: moderate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrain, control
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool out, cool*, curb, decline, decrease, die down, diminish, ease off, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane
Antonyms: egg on, free, incite, let go, liberate, unleash
Main Entry: pooh-pooh
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dismiss
Synonyms: belittle, brush aside, discount, disregard, make light of, play down, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scoff at, sneer at, treat with contempt, wave aside
Main Entry: tone down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: moderate
Synonyms: chill out, cloud, dampen, darken, deepen, dim, mitigate, modulate, play down, reduce, restrain, shade, sober, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, temper
Antonyms: aggravate, increase, raise
Main Entry: de-emphasize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place less emphasis
Synonyms: minimize, play down, understate
Antonyms: emphasize
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