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playing downverbpresent participle of play down to express scornfully one's low opinion ofout of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments bad-mouthing, belittling, crying down, decrying, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, derogating, diminishing, discounting, dismissing, disparaging, dissing(slang), kissing off, minimizing, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking, vilipending, writing off discommendingabusing, scoldingdisapproving (of), dislikingcensuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, reprehending, reprobatingaspersing, defaming, maligning, ripping, slandering, slurring, traducing, vilifyingdiscrediting, disgracing dumping on acclaiming, applauding, exalting, extolling, glorifying, lauding, magnifying, praising approving, countenancing, endorsing(also indorsing), favoring, recommending, sanctioningcommending, complimenting, eulogizing to reduce in apparent importanceif you play down your part in the project, you won't get the credit you deserve de-emphasizing, downplaying, soft-pedaling underplaying, understatingbad-mouthing, belittling, crying down, decrying, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, derogating, dismissing, disparaging, kissing off, minimizing, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking exaggerating, overdoing, overdrawing, overstatingelaborating, embellishing, embroidering, magnifying, padding, stretchingfudging, hedgingmelodramatizing, overemphasizing, overplaying, sensationalizing |