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Verb
Past tense for to make, or attempt to make, something seem less important
Past tense for to belittle or disparage the achievements of others
Past tense for to dismiss idly with contempt or derision
Past tense for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
Past tense for to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
Adjective
Restrained or understated in effect
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Verb
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Past tense for to make, or attempt to make, something seem less important
minimised
UK
minimized
US
understated
downplayed
diminished
softened
underrated
underplayed
undervalued
underemphasized
deemphasized
trivialised
UK
trivialized
US
downgraded
de-emphasized
soft-pedalled
soft-pedaled
glossed over
made light of
toned down
shrugged off
talked down
made little of
made nothing of
setted little store by
detracted from
setted no store by
held back
lessened
belittled
underestimated
devalued
minified
reduced
mitigated
misprized
deprecated
moderated
whitewashed
brushed aside
discounted
dismissed
held cheap
depreciated
qualified
extenuated
palliated
sold short
pooh-poohed
disparaged
tempered
put down
rated too low
derogated
cheapened
weakened
rationalized
US
restrained
sugarcoated
subdued
scoffed at
laughed off
rationalised
UK
modulated
treated lightly
discredited
denigrated
lowered
defamed
vilipended
restricted
decreased
relaxed
disregarded
euphemized
thought too little of
controlled
put on the soft pedal
justified
minced words
prettified
explained away
cut rate
underrepresented
disesteemed
thought little of
brushed something under the carpet
minced
softened up
undersold
done an injustice to
did an injustice to
undertoned
underpriced
curbed
treated as unimportant
taken lightly
took lightly
limited
decried
demeaned
knocked
degraded
derided
demoted
remitted
abated
revised
undermined
scorned
criticized
US
deflated
devaluated
dampened
dulled
eased
blunted
slighted
misjudged
dumped on
regulated
chilled out
marginalized
US
thought nothing of
smoothed over
attached little importance to
slurred
setted too little store by
underweened
marginalised
UK
allayed
blistered
vilified
constrained
kept under control
looked down on
covered up
tamed
failed to appreciate
subtracted from
criticised
UK
cooled
made a joke of
quieted
made light
brushed off
kept in check
blue-pencilled
soothed
glossed
cooled out
stilled
candy-coated
met halfway
blue-penciled
maligned
minimalized
calmed
glozed over
damped
belied
slackened
deadened
smeared
dumbed down
joked about
modified
checked
pacified
detracted
dispraised
mellowed
temperated
trashed
varnished
diluted
cried down
not done justice
repressed
laughed at
held in
shushed
taken down a peg
took down a peg
taken for granted
took for granted
gone easy
went easy
broke
broken
brake
backbitten
withdrawn
wrote off
withdrew
taken away from
written off
took away from
backbit
gave a lower profile
gave little weight to
given little weight to
given a lower profile
more ❯
“MacFarlane did his best to duck the limelight and
play down
his role in the investigation.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to belittle or disparage the achievements of others
belittled
minimised
UK
minimized
US
deprecated
disparaged
denigrated
depreciated
dismissed
decried
diminished
discounted
derogated
vilipended
dissed
trashed
underestimated
slighted
bad-mouthed
poor-mouthed
ran down
run down
trash-talked
put down
pooh-poohed
scoffed at
wrote off
written off
talked down
cried down
kissed off
sneered at
thought little of
cast aspersions on
knocked
dumped on
cut down to size
hit out at
panned
vilified
criticized
US
rubbished
slated
aspersed
discredited
criticised
UK
undervalued
defamed
maligned
underrated
ridiculed
derided
scorned
slammed
reviled
abused
had a go at
pulled apart
slagged off
slurred
mocked
misprized
roasted
dragged through the mud
poured scorn on
trivialized
US
slandered
condemned
downgraded
minified
detracted
deflated
held cheap
trivialised
UK
detracted from
treated lightly
attacked
traduced
calumniated
disdained
dispraised
bashed
marginalized
US
rapped
pulled to pieces
vituperated
marginalised
UK
picked holes in
did a hatchet job on
made light of
done a hatchet job on
censured
demeaned
lowered
degraded
smeared
contemned
laughed off
insulted
laughed at
spoken ill of
took to pieces
torn down
spoke ill of
taken to pieces
tore down
denounced
disgraced
blasted
devalued
libeled
US
libelled
UK
downplayed
impugned
flamed
done down
blistered
spread lies about
sold short
lessened
put away
slung mud at
cheapened
humiliated
pummelled
UK
did down
put hooks in
scorched
hit
ripped
cut to the quick
spoke badly of
spoken badly of
tore into
torn into
taken down a peg
took down a peg
excoriated
besmirched
reprehended
lambasted
blamed
reprobated
execrated
deplored
understated
pilloried
squashed
anathematized
blackened the name of
messed with
knocked off high horse
marked down
sullied the reputation of
humbled
come down on
found fault with
pummeled
US
looked down on
taken down
girt
sneered
talked trash
snubbed
spurned
devaluated
crushed
poormouthed
shot full of holes
made fun of
complained
inveighed against
ripped up
thrown mud at
taunted
blackened
bagged
hammered
twitted
laid into
sniped at
stigmatized
US
compromised
stigmatised
UK
found fault
blackened the character of
scandalised
UK
scoffed
squelched
skewered
looked down one's nose at
jeered
railed against
cavilled at
made little of
gibed
shamed
despised
disapproved of
criticized unfairly
took down
mortified
carped at
commented negatively
disapproved
railed
faulted
threw mud at
fulminated against
animadverted
rejected
berated
scandalized
US
discountenanced
girded
shot down
gave comeuppance
given comeuppance
gave black eye
bad mouthed
given black eye
gave a bad name
given a bad name
threw brickbats at
thrown brickbats at
spoken evil of
spoke evil of
took a dig at
torn to pieces
taken a dig at
tore to pieces
torn to shreds
taken swipe at
hat
came down on
hitten
tore to shreds
done a number on
took swipe at
did a number on
taken a swipe at
took a swipe at
hurt
upset
cut dead
hurt somebody's feelings
offended
affronted
annoyed
provoked
outraged
aggravated
wound
wounded
disrespected
slapped
teased
dishonoured
UK
dishonored
US
disobliged
irritated
slanged
debased
treated disrespectfully
called names
mistrusted
abased
miscalled
sledged
curst
caused offence to
injured
cursed
repudiated
stepped on one's toes
questioned
threw shade
slang
gave offence to
given offence to
thrown shade
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“Alternatively, and particularly in cases where there are rival leadership factions, they may
play down
the achievements of other leaders and their patrons.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to dismiss idly with contempt or derision
pooh-poohed
belittled
scorned
dismissed
ridiculed
discounted
derided
mocked
disdained
spurned
slighted
disregarded
rejected
rebuffed
repudiated
wiped
scoffed at
put down
sneered at
made light of
brushed aside
treated with contempt
made little of
sniffed at
waved aside
slam dunked
expressed contempt
held up to scorn
Verb
▲
Past tense for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
discounted
disregarded
ignored
overlooked
rejected
disbelieved
passed over
discarded
dismissed
minimised
UK
minimized
US
overpassed
dispelled
neglected
undersold
whitewashed
doubted
omitted
brushed off
winked at
brushed aside
glossed over
wrote off
written off
blinked at
laid aside
papered over
pooh-poohed
shrugged off
gave no credence to
given no credence to
set aside
took no account of
taken no account of
took no notice of
taken no notice of
paid no attention to
took with a pinch of salt
taken with a pinch of salt
put aside
spurned
waved aside
shut eyes to
put out of your mind
belittled
trivialized
US
flouted
trivialised
UK
repudiated
rebuffed
turned a blind eye to
swept aside
scoffed at
laughed off
made light of
poured cold water on
treated with contempt
turned a deaf ear to
pushed aside
refused to acknowledge
had no time for
thought no more of
forgotten about
forgot about
thrown cold water on
threw cold water on
forgot
condoned
excused
pardoned
remitted
paid no heed to
glozed over
treated lightly
forgotten
forgat
forgiven
forgave
shook off
shaken off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
humiliated
disgraced
humbled
shamed
chastened
debased
degraded
abased
crushed
embarrassed
subdued
discomfited
mortified
abashed
put down
chagrined
demeaned
deflated
denigrated
cheapened
discredited
dishonored
US
dishonoured
UK
fouled
lowered
quashed
sank
sunk
sunken
smirched
squashed
bemeant
bemeaned
blistered
broke
brake
broken
discountenanced
owned
own
panned
ripped
slammed
smeared
snubbed
withered
confused
downplayed
vanquished
brought down
showed up
took down
taken down
made ashamed
brought low
cast down
put to shame
ran down
run down
shot down
took down a peg
taken down a peg
tore down
torn down
caused to feel small
caused to lose face
cut down to size
made a fool of
made someone eat crow
made someone eat humble pie
put out of countenance
took down a peg or two
taken down a peg or two
took the wind out of your sails
taken the wind out of your sails
settled someone's hash
Adjective
▲
Restrained or understated in effect
downbeat
muted
subdued
discreet
inconspicuous
subtle
understated
sober
somber
US
sombre
UK
unpretentious
toned down
restrained
quiet
relaxed
circumspect
unobtrusive
low-key
unnoticeable
invisible
tasteful
bland
unshowy
unremarkable
in the background
out of sight
soft-pedaled
unostentatious
modest
unglamorous
minimalist
unspectacular
unflashy
unassuming
softened
unfussy
conservative
muffled
repressed
simple
easygoing
modulated
loose
toned-down
low-profile
soft-sell
laid-back
self-effacing
played-down
low-keyed
easy-going
soft
neutral
dull
pale
tempered
mellow
pastel
delicate
light
moderated
faded
faint
dark
gentle
flat
drab
lacklustre
UK
lowered
soft-hued
lackluster
US
reserved
shaded
plain
dreary
lustreless
lusterless
dim
unlustrous
humble
demure
withdrawn
lifeless
diluted
unpresuming
spiritless
grave
mild
weakened
controlled
tame
washy
qualified
washed out
stifled
hushed
dulled
light-colored
US
inobtrusive
dusty
light-coloured
UK
washed-out
light-toned
watered-down
conventional
moderate
wishy-washy
peaches-and-cream
straight
square
inactive
pensive
serious
passive
chastened
traditional
dark-colored
US
dark-coloured
UK
severe
unadventurous
staid
austere
vague
ordinary
nondescript
keeping one's light under a bushel
free from vanity
self-deprecating
unboastful
indistinct
imperceptible
slight
negligible
insinuated
delicately complex
hardly noticeable
unsubstantial
hardly detectable
indirect
suggestive
indefinite
feeble
enervated
bleached
whitish
insipid
meek
shy
timid
unassertive
bashful
retiring
reticent
diffident
timorous
shrinking
introverted
unconfident
insecure
mousy
unforthcoming
keeping a low profile
unaggressive
introvert
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