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downplay(verb, restrain, moderate, minimize)
2
think nothing of(expression, idiom, restrain, moderate, lessen)
1
hold back(expression, soften, belittle, minimize, underplay)
1
make light of(expression, idiom, restrain, moderate, lessen)
1
make little of(expression, idiom, soften, belittle, minimize)
1
play down(verb, expression, restrain, moderate, pretend)
1
soften(restrain, moderate, lessen, belittle, minimize)
0
attach little importance to(expression, idiom, restrain, moderate, lessen)
0
give little weight to(expression, idiom, restrain, moderate, lessen)
0
gloss over(expression, soften, belittle, minimize, underplay)
0
amend
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belittle(soften, minimize, underplay)
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castrate
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convert
0
deepen
0
devalue(restrain, moderate, lessen)
0
deviate
0
distort
0
diversify
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