Downplay

English

Alternative forms

• play down

Etymology

down- +‎ play

Pronunciation

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Verb

Downplay (third-person singular simple present Downplays, present participle Downplaying, simple past and past participle Downplayed)

1. (transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

   He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.

Notes

• The synonymous alternative form play down is slightly more formal, or slightly less informal.

Translations

to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential

Bulgarian: омаловажавам (bg) German: herunterspielen (de)

Hebrew: גִמֵּד (he) (giméd), הִצְנִיעַ (he) (hitsnía)

Anagrams

• play down, playdown