to downplay
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5.3
- verb
- /ˈdaʊnˌpleɪ/
:
restar importancia a
- NASA is completely downplaying this.
- downplay the importance
- downplay the significance
- downplay the role
That's because the Afd has at times downplayed Hitler's atrocities.
- That's because the Afd has at times downplayed Hitler's atrocities.
- Medical gaslighting happens when doctors dismiss or downplay symptoms of patients.
- So I don't think it's right to downplay their achievements at all.
- I feel like ever since I met him, he just always downplays how incredible he is.
- They upplayed the the benefits of tamoxifen and downplayed the potential side effects of tamoxifen.
- We're we're now just downplaying the Purple Heart to this Jesus Christ.
- And so it kind of feels like you downplaying how you came up or, you know.
- And I do think that downplays Dojo quite a bit more than I expected.
- There were many papers that missed the story that downplayed the story.
Examples
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So I don't think it's right to downplay their achievements at all.
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To avoid negative reactions from others, many gifted children learn to downplay their abilities.
Academic text (2008) -
And you know, another thing, they always try to downplay black history.
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Like he'll always downplay everything and then he'll just own you.
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Why did you downplay your heritage to me?
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For one thing, economic models tend to downplay the fact that as countries grow, growth gets harder.
Academic text (2011) -
Throughout her life, she consistently downplayed her own work in favor of her brother's.
Academic text (1992) -
And I will never dismiss or downplay the illnesses people have.
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Decisions are made to emphasize one element and downplay others, to assert some truths and ignore others.
Academic text (1993) -
He tried to downplay the problem, insisting that everything was fine.
Synonyms
89
4.7
Make a person or thing seem less important
54
4.8
Make something seem less serious or important
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5.0
To make someone or something seem not important
28
7.0
Make something seem less important or serious
22
6.5
Make a problem or mistake seem less serious by leaving out details
22
4.2
To treat something as not important or serious
18
5.2
To make something seem smaller or less important than it really is
16
4.3
To make something seem less important than it really is
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5.3
Make something seem less important than it really is
5
8.8
To make a wrong action seem less serious to others
3
7.6
To make a problem or bad news seem less important
2
5.9
Make an idea or topic seem less important
2
4.5
Make something seem less important or valuable than it really is
2
4.1
To treat criticism or an insult as not important
1
6.7
To give too little attention to something
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5.8
Show something as less common or important than it really is
Make something seem less important
Antonyms
How Downplayed
45
5.0
- US
28
7.0
54
4.8
59
5.3
16
4.3
18
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word downplay comes from down ('lower') and play ('act'), like acting to make something seem smaller. So, to downplay something is to make it seem less important or less serious.