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Present participle for to minimize or moderate the seriousness of
Present participle for to belittle or downplay, underestimate, undervalue, or marginalize in representation or importance
Present participle for to ignore or pay no attention to
Present participle for to denigrate or disparage someone or something
Present participle for to downplay or minimize the severity of something
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
Present participle for to dismiss idly with contempt or derision
Present participle for to snub or reject someone or something contemptuously
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Present participle for to minimize or moderate the seriousness of
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
underrating
belittling
underestimating
understating
dismissing
underplaying
playing down
talking down
making little of
taking lightly
trivializing
US
undervaluing
trivialising
UK
downplaying
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
de-emphasizing
devaluing
diminishing
toning down
minifying
underemphasizing
shrugging off
glossing over
lessening
misprizing
holding cheap
deprecating
softening
deemphasizing
reducing
downgrading
brushing aside
setting little store by
pooh-poohing
setting no store by
depreciating
discounting
whitewashing
moderating
selling short
making nothing of
derogating
mitigating
treating lightly
holding back
detracting from
doing an injustice to
laughing off
scoffing at
rating too low
disparaging
qualifying
vilipending
cheapening
weakening
thinking too little of
thinking little of
extenuating
taking for granted
mincing words
treating as unimportant
euphemizing
disesteeming
holding in contempt
tempering
brushing off
minimalizing
making light
deflating
mincing
joking about
making a joke of
slighting
not doing justice
putting down
disregarding
dumbing down
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
giving little weight to
attaching little importance to
undertoning
decrying
looking down on
underweening
misjudging
discrediting
denigrating
defaming
knocking
lowering
palliating
undermining
subduing
blue-penciling
blue-pencilling
putting on the soft pedal
going easy
shushing
subtracting from
cutting rate
withdrawing
blistering
taking away from
backbiting
laughing at
writing off
detracting
decreasing
devaluating
underselling
underrepresenting
underpricing
rationalizing
US
justifying
sugarcoating
rationalising
UK
explaining away
brushing something under the carpet
setting too little store by
failing to appreciate
prettifying
covering up
candy-coating
softening up
underreporting
belying
under-publicizing
under-declaring
varnishing
glossing
glozing over
smoothing over
more ❯
“These couples are conflict minimizers, choosing to
make light of
their differences rather than resolving them.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to belittle or downplay, underestimate, undervalue, or marginalize in representation or importance
underrepresenting
understating
underselling
diminishing
lessening
playing down
cheapening
underpricing
undercutting
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ignore or pay no attention to
blowing off
avoiding
dismissing
ignoring
neglecting
shunning
sloughing off
paying no attention to
disregarding
overlooking
discounting
rejecting
spurning
minimizing
US
belittling
trivializing
US
flouting
minimising
UK
shrugging off
playing down
turning a deaf ear to
pushing aside
refusing to acknowledge
sweeping aside
taking no notice of
forgetting about
pooh-poohing
turning a blind eye to
laughing off
putting aside
brushing aside
trivialising
UK
having no time for
thinking no more of
brushing off
shutting eyes to
scoffing at
waving aside
passing over
Verb
▲
Present participle for to denigrate or disparage someone or something
devaluing
belittling
undervaluing
deprecating
derogating
denigrating
decrying
underrating
underestimating
discrediting
disparaging
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
defaming
knocking
misprizing
slating
detracting
panning
deriding
scorning
rubbishing
traducing
slamming
deflating
debasing
running down
pooh-poohing
scoffing at
bad-mouthing
writing off
detracting from
selling short
putting down
treating lightly
slagging off
crying down
pulling apart
doing down
holding cheap
sneering at
writing down
having a go at
bringing down
doing a hatchet job on
hitting out at
knocking off
picking holes in
taking down
taking to pieces
dragging through the mud
look down one's nose at
dissing
dismissing
ridiculing
mocking
minimizing
US
discounting
depreciating
reviling
slurring
minifying
aspersing
playing down
pouring scorn on
minimising
UK
laughing at
diminishing
trashing
vilipending
criticizing
US
vilifying
downgrading
maligning
disdaining
abusing
condemning
roasting
smearing
bashing
criticising
UK
kissing off
trash-talking
talking down
laughing off
casting aspersions on
degrading
sneering
slandering
censuring
lowering
marginalizing
US
contemning
dispraising
calumniating
rapping
scorching
dumping on
marginalising
UK
tearing down
taking down a peg
attacking
demeaning
slighting
denouncing
disgracing
humbling
faulting
spurning
discountenancing
downplaying
looking down on
finding fault with
understating
squashing
blistering
ripping
squelching
shooting down
cutting to the quick
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
cutting down to size
taunting
jeering
libeling
US
impugning
libelling
UK
gibing
blasting
teasing
twitting
rallying
flouting
ragging
scouting
vituperating
speaking badly of
pulling to pieces
tearing into
speaking ill of
flaming
putting hooks in
riding
despising
booing
scoffing
poking mullock at
poking fun at
making sport of
jeering at
treating contemptuously
taking the mickey
fleering at
taking the piss out of
jibing at
scouting at
making a fool of
making fun of
digging at
showing contempt
shaming
sullying
staining
stigmatizing
US
blotting
dishonouring
UK
tarnishing
besmirching
smirching
scandalizing
US
injuring
besmearing
defiling
blackening
spotting
dishonoring
US
scandalising
UK
reducing
disrespecting
stigmatising
UK
tainting
reflecting badly on
dragging through the mire
bringing into disrepute
bringing shame upon
bringing shame on
reproaching
soiling
slinging mud at
giving a black eye
tarring and feathering
assailing
spoiling
damaging
muckraking
blotching
breathing on
bringing discredit to
doing a number on
giving a bad name
ripping up and down
casting a slur on
flinging mud at
running smear campaign
spreading scandal about
befouling
embarrassing
lambasting
undermining
poisoning
insulting
savaging
humiliating
hammering
cheapening
reprehending
blaming
mortifying
reprobating
snubbing
slagging
pummelling
UK
pummeling
flaying
prejudicing
bagging
disregarding
blemishing
denunciating
mauling
throwing brickbats at
objecting to
giving something a battering
giving a bad press to
demoting
poormouthing
girding
badmouthing
crushing
rejecting
commenting negatively
ruining
blackguarding
crucifying
giving comeuppance
knocking off high horse
dragging someone's name through the mud
dragging through mud
slinging mud
putting away
skewering
abasing
berating
sinking
fouling
chastening
owning
disfavouring
attainting
disfavoring
desecrating
reviewing unfavorably
bringing under fire
criticizing strongly
taking apart
cutting up
messing with
slashing
losing face
giving a bad name to
making someone eat crow
putting someone in their place
showing up
taking down a peg or two
putting in a bad light
causing to lose face
caning
taking issue with
nitpicking over
arguing against
taking exception to
finding lacking
tearing to shreds
discommending
objecting
animadverting on
vituperating against
railing against
inveighing against
protesting against
skinning
carping
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
cavilling at
carping at
finding fault
picking to pieces
nit-picking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to downplay or minimize the severity of something
sugarcoating
downplaying
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
whitewashing
mitigating
lessening
qualifying
prettifying
extenuating
justifying
palliating
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
understating
covering up
playing down
candy-coating
toning down
softening up
brushing something under the carpet
de-emphasizing
explaining away
glossing over
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
belying
varnishing
glossing
shrugging off
glozing over
brushing aside
smoothing over
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
whitewashing
overlooking
disregarding
discounting
ignoring
overpassing
condoning
forgiving
excusing
downplaying
remitting
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
pardoning
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
passing over
glossing over
brushing aside
de-emphasizing
treating as unimportant
winking at
blinking at
dealing rapidly with
brushing off
papering over
shrugging off
glozing over
dismissing
paying no heed to
paying no attention to
turning a deaf ear to
letting go
letting pass
tuning out
paying no mind
taking no notice of
looking the other way
living with
forgetting
rejecting
bypassing
neglecting
omitting
slurring over
contemning
missing
letting something slide
setting aside
shutting eyes to
turning a blind eye to
laughing off
taking no account of
treating lightly
shaking off
pooh-poohing
sweeping under the rug
varnishing over
sweeping under the carpet
sparing
burying
sinking
stomaching
taking
deliberately ignoring
putting up with
swimming with the tide
turning blind eye to
letting someone off with
grinning and bear it
wiping slate clean
bearing with
conniving at
making allowances for
standing for
going along with
playing past
looking past
letting bygones be bygones
rolling with punches
letting something ride
abandoning
shirking
skipping
forsaking
discarding
deserting
deferring
avoiding
pretermitting
leaving something undone
not caring for
scanting
losing sight of
turning back on
thinking little of
procrastinating over
failing to care for
not troubling oneself
postponing
overleaping
failing to look after
paying little attention to
evading
procrastinating
keeping your distance
trifling with
leaving alone
failing to provide for
throwing to the winds
depreciating
eliding
turning your back on
having nothing to do with
keeping at arm's length
underestimating
skimping on
passing up
not caring
blanking
unheeding
conniving
unminding
leaving out of account
brushing away
letting off easy
turning a deaf ear
sending to Coventry
turning a blind eye
not listening
writing off
cold-shouldering
leaving be
closing your eyes to
slighting
pleading ignorance
indulging
deodorizing
US
palliating
deodorising
UK
letting off
burying the hatchet
tolerating
granting amnesty
discharging
granting a pardon to
suspending charges
giving absolution
playing down
dispelling
giving no credence to
underselling
doubting
disbelieving
laying aside
taking with a pinch of salt
turning blind eye
pushing aside
paying no mind to
failing to notice
taking no notice
dispensing with
looking through
excluding
not taking into account
turning deaf ear
burying one's head in sand
misheeding
letting it go
more ❯
Verb
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Present participle for to dismiss idly with contempt or derision
pooh-poohing
belittling
scorning
dismissing
ridiculing
discounting
deriding
mocking
disdaining
spurning
slighting
disregarding
rejecting
rebuffing
repudiating
wiping
playing down
scoffing at
putting down
sneering at
brushing aside
treating with contempt
making little of
sniffing at
waving aside
slam dunking
expressing contempt
holding up to scorn
Verb
▲
Present participle for to snub or reject someone or something contemptuously
slighting
snubbing
disdaining
scorning
spurning
ignoring
rejecting
disregarding
rebuffing
stiffing
repulsing
scouting
misprizing
cold-shouldering
stiff-arming
giving someone the brush-off
freezing out
sniffing at
brushing off
cutting dead
giving the cold shoulder
looking down on
giving someone the go-by
knocking back
giving the brush
treating with contempt
sneezing at
treating disrespectfully
taking no notice of
looking down upon
blinking at
showing disrespect
showing disrespect for
shrugging off
turning back on
not giving time of day
turning deaf ear to
giving the cold shoulder to
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