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| downplay(reduce, restrain, crush, moderate) | |
| minimize(dismiss, restrain, moderate, diminish) | |
| belittle(reduce, reject, dismiss, diminish) | |
| de-emphasize(place, show) | |
| decry(reduce, diminish, lower, lessen) | |
| deprecate(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) | |
| disparage(reduce, diminish, lower, lessen) | |
| make light of(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reduce) | |
| depreciate(reduce, dismiss, diminish, lower) | |
| diminish(control, reduce, restrain, moderate) | |
| make little of(expression, idiom, reduce, diminish) | |
| soft-pedal(control, show, cool, restrain) | |
| underrate(dismiss, pretend, minimize, understate) | |
| lessen(control, reduce, restrain, moderate) | |
| tone down(expression, phrasal verb, control, show) | |
| underestimate(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) | |
| undervalue(minimize, underrate, understate) | |
| background | |
| denigrate(crush, confuse, shame, subdue) | |
| moderate(control, reduce, restrain, diminish) |
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