Synset:background downplay
Examples:
- he played down his royal ancestry
Antonyms:play upforeground
Derivationally Related Form:background
Hypernyms:accent accentuate emphasise emphasize punctuate stress
Inherited Hypernyms:backgroundstressexpressconveyimparttellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:soft-pedalwave off
Full Troponyms:soft-pedalwave off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something