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soft-pedal
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Verb
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
To disregard as unimportant or insignificant
Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of
To keep secret or cover the truth of
Noun
Piano pedal
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Verb
▲
To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
de-emphasize
downplay
play down
minimise
UK
minimize
US
moderate
underemphasize
underplay
understate
blue-pencil
euphemize
hush-hush
mitigate
palliate
shush
subdue
gloss over
tone down
go easy
make light of
make little of
make nothing of
shrug off
set little store by
set no store by
put on the soft pedal
mince words
diminish
soften
underrate
undervalue
trivialize
US
devalue
trivialise
UK
talk down
deemphasize
lessen
whitewash
reduce
minify
brush aside
downgrade
underestimate
misprize
discount
deprecate
weaken
extenuate
hold back
detract from
belittle
sell short
temper
qualify
cheapen
pooh-pooh
hold cheap
mince
minimalize
brush off
make light
dumb down
attach little importance to
give little weight to
think nothing of
give a lower profile
decry
derogate
discredit
denigrate
depreciate
rationalize
US
belie
defame
smooth over
justify
brush something under the carpet
gloze over
sugarcoat
rationalise
UK
explain away
gloss
varnish
vilipend
knock
restrain
lower
rate too low
backbite
take away from
laugh at
detract
devaluate
decrease
subtract from
write off
blister
cut rate
undermine
disesteem
withdraw
dampen
dilute
not do justice to
do an injustice to
modulate
chill out
dismiss
disparage
undersell
underrepresent
underprice
put down
demean
deride
degrade
scorn
criticize
US
trash
vilify
slur
scoff at
malign
disregard
smear
be wrong about
laugh off
treat lightly
dispraise
marginalize
US
marginalise
UK
criticise
UK
take for granted
cry down
dump on
think too little of
take down a peg
demote
treat as unimportant
miscalculate
deflate
underprize
miscarry
slight
hold in contempt
think little of
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
not do justice
misjudge
underween
look down on
diss
dis
ridicule
slam
mock
pan
rubbish
slate
revile
condemn
abuse
bash
censure
asperse
roast
squash
scorch
rip
squelch
bad-mouth
run down
poor-mouth
trash-talk
drag through the mud
take a swipe at
shoot down
tear down
do a hatchet job on
take down
do down
sneer at
shoot full of holes
pour scorn on
take to pieces
slag off
poor mouth
sour grapes
pull apart
kiss off
cut down to size
hit out at
have a go at
cast aspersions on
pick holes in
cut to the quick
pooh pooh
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“It would do nothing about climate change and would embrace but
soft-pedal
and rebrand social conservatism.”
Verb
▲
To disregard as unimportant or insignificant
whitewash
overlook
disregard
discount
ignore
overpass
condone
forgive
excuse
downplay
remit
minimise
UK
minimize
US
pardon
pass over
gloss over
make light of
brush aside
de-emphasize
treat as unimportant
wink at
blink at
deal rapidly with
brush off
paper over
shrug off
gloze over
forget
let go
take no notice of
turn a blind eye to
take no account of
dismiss
clear
acquit
pay no attention to
let pass
look the other way
absolve
exonerate
exculpate
neglect
slur over
not take into consideration
shut eyes to
close your eyes to
deliberately ignore
pay no heed to
turn a deaf ear to
free
vindicate
release
discharge
liberate
bypass
reject
unheed
spare
unmind
omit
connive
make allowances for
connive at
let someone off with
turn a blind eye
tune out
write off
let something ride
deliver
exempt
justify
relieve
slight
miss
misheed
pooh-pooh
let off
find innocent
take no notice
let off easy
be oblivious to
let off the hook
pay no mind to
leave be
pay no mind
sanitize
US
sanitise
UK
set free
declare innocent
wipe slate clean
live with
pronounce not guilty
set aside
disburden
let off hook
treat lightly
shake off
sweep under the carpet
varnish over
sweep under the rug
disbelieve
blank
contemn
wink
discard
dissimulate
skip
dispel
undersell
loose
doubt
send to Coventry
leave out of account
brush away
turn a deaf ear
laugh off
cold-shoulder
evade
exclude
avoid
play down
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
let it go
turn your back on
turn deaf ear
not take into account
fail to notice
turn back on
push aside
look through
bury one's head in sand
dispense with
never mind
turn blind eye
shrive
lifeboat
bleach
wipe it off
let up on
spring
wipe the slate clean
go easy on
launder
emancipate
reprieve
disculpate
find not guilty
accept
amnesty
deal leniently with
have mercy on
be merciful to
make allowance for
let it go by
forgive and forget
sink
bury
stomach
take
let something slide
put up with
grin and bear it
look past
let bygones be bygones
stand for
turn blind eye to
roll with punches
bear with
swim with the tide
go along with
play past
leave out
spurn
drop
waive
belittle
forgo
snub
abandon
disparage
repudiate
pay no attention
depreciate
put out of your mind
undervalue
underrate
pass by
leave well enough alone
cast aside
put aside
leave alone
tolerate
miss out
fail
diminish
scorn
give something a miss
put behind you
underestimate
flout
cut
trivialize
US
overleap
pretermit
elide
let be
wave aside
leave in peace
let alone
think no more of
trivialise
UK
sweep aside
blot out
stop thinking about
consign to oblivion
leave somebody to himself or herself
lose sight of
erase from your mind
get off someone's back
blank over
shut out
leave off
cut out
skip over
devalue
disdain
deride
rebuff
vilipend
desert
deprecate
forsake
denigrate
shirk
discredit
scoff at
deny
downgrade
forget about
understate
treat with contempt
leave something undone
put down
be lax about
not attend to
suppress
fail to look after
be remiss about
pay little attention to
be indifferent
be derelict
be careless
be remiss
have done with
do without
block out
pass up
cease to remember
leave somebody to his/her own devices
blank out
refuse to acknowledge
put in the past
dismiss from mind
take out
not worry about
banish from one's thoughts
not give another thought to
erase from memory
pretend not to notice
hold cheap
fail to include
cease to think of
pay no heed
take lightly
have no use for
enable
sneeze at
leave
not choose
pass
disvalue
grandfather
delete
palliate
erase
leave to yourself
indulge
take no heed of
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
eschew
not dwell on
avoid considering
override
except
trample on
disqualify
give absolution
grant amnesty
bury the hatchet
suspend charges
grant a pardon to
leave behind
ride roughshod over
close your eyes
be oblivious
plead ignorance
preclude
go away
get off someone's case
defer
put to one side
postpone
procrastinate
scant
bar
banish
steer clear of
skim over
close one's mind to
disclaim
disown
cancel
withhold
prohibit
shelve
demean
skimp on
think little of
not care for
procrastinate over
scout
despise
relegate
eliminate
overshoot
shut one's eyes to
close one's eyes to
not care
not bother
count out
fail to mention
factor out
tell someone to get lost
fail to care for
keep your distance
trifle with
be irresponsible
be negligent
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
have nothing to do with
throw to the winds
be remiss in
keep at arm's length
fail to observe
let slip
fail to see
fail to spot
reckon without
degrade
demote
cross out
rule out
throw out
shut the door on
ridicule
mock
sneer at
criticize
US
defame
wipe
make little of
undermine
slam-dunk
smear
malign
trash
slur
vilify
give someone the brush-off
look right through someone
give the cold shoulder to
kiss off
put away
fail to anticipate
fail to take account of
sniff at
dump on
criticise
UK
dispraise
take down a peg
marginalise
UK
cry down
marginalize
US
detract from
laugh away
relinquish
renounce
express contempt
repress
underappreciate
hold in contempt
take something for granted
turn up one's nose at
minify
repress one's memory of
misprize
reduce
lessen
hold up to scorn
underemphasize
cock a snook at
have no time for
not remember
fail to remember
misjudge
underween
lose track of
abstain from
render needless
set no store by
take for granted
look down on
not do justice to
sell short
set little store by
rate too low
think too little of
do an injustice to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of
pacify
appease
placate
assuage
conciliate
mollify
propitiate
still
soothe
compose
content
silence
calm
allay
moderate
quiet
soften
ameliorate
calm down
crush
disarm
gentle
quell
quieten
tame
chasten
relax
repress
subdue
con
cool
dulcify
grease
lull
mitigate
pacificate
put down
qualify
relieve
square
stroke
sweeten
temper
tranquillise
UK
tranquilize
US
make peace with
butter up
fix up
impose peace upon
lay back
make peace
restore harmony to
smooth over
bury the hatchet
clear the air with
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
kiss and make up
put the lid on
take the edge off
ease
alleviate
deaden
check
tone down
palliate
lessen
weaken
abate
curb
restrain
lighten
reduce
diminish
decrease
dull
stifle
blunt
dampen
damp
attenuate
cushion
take the bite out
take the sting out
suppress
lower
smother
ebb
wind down
damp down
ease off
de-escalate
comfort
control
slacken
modify
modulate
dilute
mellow
mute
curtail
depress
cut
pour oil on
minimize
US
keep in check
minimise
UK
make less intense
put a damper on
put damper on
settle
salve
becalm
lullaby
depreciate
hush
balm
reconcile
reassure
cheer
humour
UK
settle down
regulate
satisfy
quiet down
chill out
please
humor
US
restrict
adjust
win over
constrain
hold in
mince
break
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
temperate
make reasonable
make up
square off
quieten down
keep under control
play up to
meet halfway
play down
cool out
pour oil on troubled waters
dwindle
wane
decline
subside
recede
fall
shrink
contain
bridle
fade
smooth
taper
drop
relent
remit
help
pall
plummet
quench
contract
flag
nosedive
slake
address
improve
extenuate
drain
erode
impair
close
blur
thin
minify
desist
clip
muffle
hold back
put a lid on
die out
die away
go down
grow less
cut back
become smaller
come down
slack up
ratchet down
taper off
die off
get less
fall away
drain away
drop away
drop off
let up
roll back
phase down
waste away
tail off
die down
peter out
slow down
grow smaller
sedate
console
assure
steady
resolve
cool off
solace
gladden
soften up
collect
hearten
lenify
uplift
condole
stabilize
US
lift
make calm
stabilise
UK
defuse
untrouble
unburden
bolster
elevate
encourage
succor
US
re-collect
cheer up
succour
UK
give solace to
bring comfort to
buoy up
smooth down
get a grip on
put at ease
ease up
unruffle
commute
put at rest
settle one's nerves
heal
excuse
get control of
shut down
reduce the force of
coax
make nice
unwind
patch things up
come to terms with
sugar the pill
set at ease
put off guard
neutralize
US
win the affection of
neutralise
UK
undermine someone's resistance
cure
smooth out
clear the air
meliorate
nurse
doctor
take the heat off
make better
attend to
set right
add sugar
candy-coat
make sweet
make more appealing
add sweetening
loosen up
make less uptight
make less tense
lighten up
free
sugarcoat
pleasure
delight
gratify
give condolences to
boost
lighten burden
reanimate
support
empathize with
commiserate with
envigorate
UK
revitalise
UK
make one feel at ease
enliven
give sympathy to
quiet fears
sympathize with
buck up
revitalize
US
besoothe
invigorate
US
inspirit
make well
give a lift to
condole with
commiserate
dispel
inhibit
govern
banish
rejoice
warm
suit
dissipate
hold
dismiss
eliminate
destroy
measure
rule
keep
give respite to
conquer
tickle
suffice
bewitch
charm
feast
gas
enrapture
thrill
indulge
captivate
glad
overcome
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
lick
discipline
agree with
make happy
humble
cow
reclaim
bust
rein in
pull in
get the better of
water down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To keep secret or cover the truth of
camouflage
dissemble
obscure
suppress
cloak
disguise
dissimulate
downplay
falsify
minimise
UK
minimize
US
misrepresent
varnish
veil
veneer
whitewash
airbrush
bluff
extenuate
feign
mask
masquerade
screen
secrete
simulate
sugarcoat
affect
conceal
fake
hide
sham
keep secret
keep quiet about
cover up
dress up
hush up
keep a lid on
keep dark
be dishonest about
de-emphasize
draw a veil over
put on an act
put up a front
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
put on a front
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
cover
pretend
counterfeit
act
pose
palliate
posture
deceive
lie
make out
paper over
let on
hide one's feelings
be dishonest
pull a veil over
beard
make a pretense
present a false face
present a false front
make a show
make-believe
make believe
go through the motions
varnish over
gloss over
assume
profess
mislead
stonewall
shroud
doublespeak
pussyfoot
put on
pass for
play-act
pass off as
shuck and jive
four-flush
make like
double-talk
play possum
imitate
put it on
impersonate
give the appearance of
make a pretence of
kid
play
fabricate
playact
make a show of
go through the motions of
mimic
front
ape
adopt
do
cheat
purport
reproduce
malinger
invent
devise
contrive
concoct
act like
do like
put on airs
play at
fake it
do a bit
make as if
make out like
act out
claim
hoax
mock
strike
pull
portray
posture as
seem to be
take on
aspire to
lay it on thick
ham
profess to have
pretend to have
swing the lead
put up a front of
pretend to be
spoof
ditto
pass off
make up
scheme
orchestrate
delude
mimeo
defraud
pass oneself off as
construct
manufacture
design
assume the role
ham it up
claim falsely
fake out
be deceitful
be hypocritical
stage
forge
go like
mess
resemble
lift
parrot
mirror
pirate
feature
copy
prevaricate
suggest
borrow
create
exaggerate
steal
phoney
UK
favour
UK
phony
US
equivocate
crib
favor
US
fence
do a take-off
take off
knock off
conjure up
mock up
phony up
give appearance of
put on act
make show of
put on a false display
more ❯
Noun
▲
Piano pedal
damper pedal
forte pedal
loud pedal
soft pedal
sustaining pedal
sustain pedal
una corda pedal
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