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Synset

understate the importance or quality of
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background more info
downplay more info
play down more info

sample sentences

"he played down his royal ancestry"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
background
antonym
foreground
lexical pointers
antonym
play up
semantic pointers
hypernym
stress, emphasize, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, accent
hyponym
wave off soft-pedal