Play down
Play down verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Usage example: out of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disgrace and play down
- disgrace and traduce
- diminish and play down
- diminish and traduce
- depreciate and play down
- depreciate and traduce
- knock and play down
- knock and traduce
- scorn and play down
- scorn and traduce
- belittle and play down
- belittle and traduce
- discredit and play down
- discredit and traduce
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Traduce and Play down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/play_down/traduce
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Traduce or Play down. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/play_down/traduce.
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