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played downverbpast tense of play down to express scornfully one's low opinion ofout of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments bad-mouthed, belittled, cried down, decried, denigrated, deprecated, depreciated, derogated, diminished, discounted, dismissed, disparaged, dissed(slang), kissed off, minimized, poor-mouthed, put down, ran down, talked down, trashed, trash-talked, vilipended, wrote off discommendedabused, scoldeddisapproved (of), dislikedcensured, condemned, criticized, denounced, reprehended, reprobatedaspersed, defamed, maligned, ripped, slandered, slurred, traduced, vilifieddiscredited, disgraced dumped on acclaimed, applauded, exalted, extolled, glorified, lauded, magnified, praised approved, countenanced, endorsed(also indorsed), favored, recommended, sanctionedcommended, complimented, eulogized to reduce in apparent importanceif you play down your part in the project, you won't get the credit you deserve de-emphasized, downplayed, soft-pedaled underplayed, understatedbad-mouthed, belittled, cried down, decried, denigrated, deprecated, depreciated, derogated, dismissed, disparaged, kissed off, minimized, poor-mouthed, put down, ran down, talked down, trashed, trash-talked exaggerated, overdid, overdrew, overstatedelaborated, embellished, embroidered, magnified, padded, stretchedfudged, hedgedmelodramatized, overemphasized, overplayed, sensationalized |