Downplayed
Lessened and downplayed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lessened" instead a verb "Downplayed".
Nearby Word: downplaying
Lessened
Lessened adjective - Impaired by diminution.
Downplayed and lessened are semantically related. You can use "Downplayed" instead a verb "Lessened".
Nearby Word: lessening
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- discounted and downplayed
- discounted and lessened
- attenuated and downplayed
- attenuated and lessened
- abbreviated and downplayed
- abbreviated and lessened
- depreciated and downplayed
- depreciated and lessened
- diminished and downplayed
- diminished and lessened
- reduced and downplayed
- reduced and lessened
- minimize and downplayed
- minimize and lessened
Both words in one sentence
- However, in the second season his importance gets considerably downplayed — and by the third season onward he's turned into a mere extra, to the point that when in the fifth season he's Put on a Bus, it really lessened the impact that event had in the manga.
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