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soft-pedaling

verb , present participle of soft-pedal

Synonyms and Antonyms of soft-pedaling

to reduce in apparent importance

she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people

Synonyms of soft-pedaling

de-emphasizing, downplaying, playing down

Words Related to soft-pedaling

underplaying, understating

bad-mouthing, belittling, crying down, decrying, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, derogating, dismissing, disparaging, kissing off, minimizing, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking

Near Antonyms of soft-pedaling

exaggerating, overdoing, overdrawing, overstating

elaborating, embellishing, embroidering, magnifying, padding, stretching

fudging, hedging

melodramatizing, overemphasizing, overplaying, sensationalizing

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