Associations to the word «Downplay»
Noun
- Risk
- Effort
- Ownership
- Achievement
- Evidence
- Notion
- Danger
- Advertising
- Resignation
- Victim
- Researcher
- Reality
- Distinction
- Acceptance
- Discourse
- Script
- Hostility
- Failure
- Writing
- Try
- Christianity
- Doctrine
- Uprising
- Tradition
- Struggle
- Supporter
- Religion
- Approach
- Seek
- Audience
- Success
- Movement
- Aaron
- News
- Fact
- Israel
- Theme
- Tactic
- Massacre
- Dispute
- Clan
- Revelation
- Cooperation
- Cal
- Intelligence
- While
- Tenure
- Mason
- Existence
Adjective
Wiktionary
DOWNPLAY, verb. (transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
Dictionary definition
DOWNPLAY, verb. Represent as less significant or important.
DOWNPLAY, verb. Understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.