downplay
Verb
Verb Forms: downplayed, downplaying, downplays
- To make something seem less important or impressive.
- represent as less significant or important
- understate the importance or quality of
- To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
Examples
- He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.
- She tried to DOWNPLAY her high score, but her smile gave her away.
Origin / Etymology
Synthetic form of the phrase play down. By surface analysis, down- + play.
Synonyms
background, minimise, minimize, play down, understate, trivialize
Antonyms
foreground, overstate, play up
Scrabble Score: 17
downplay: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddownplay: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
downplay: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary