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downplayed

verb , past tense of downplay

Synonyms and Antonyms of downplayed

to reduce in apparent importance

he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success

Synonyms of downplayed

de-emphasized, played down, soft-pedaled

Words Related to downplayed

underplayed, understated

bad-mouthed, belittled, cried down, decried, denigrated, deprecated, depreciated, derogated, dismissed, disparaged, kissed off, minimized, poor-mouthed, put down, ran down, talked down, trashed, trash-talked

Near Antonyms of downplayed

exaggerated, overdid, overdrew, overstated

elaborated, embellished, embroidered, magnified, padded, stretched

melodramatized, overemphasized, overplayed, sensationalized

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