Exact Match:
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- be at sea,
- be lost,
- belittle,
- de-emphasize,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- disparage,
- downplay,
- give up,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- not understand,
- pass,
- play down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- deprecate
collapse - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
- express strong disapproval of; deplore related words >
- belittle,
- bemoan,
- bewail,
- de-emphasize,
- denigrate,
- deplore,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- despise,
- detract,
- discommend,
- discountenance,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disvalue,
- downplay,
- frown,
- hold in contempt,
- lament,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- object,
- play down,
- put down,
- ridicule,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- cry down,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decrease,
- decry,
- degrade,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downplay,
- dwarf,
- hold in contempt,
- knock,
- lessen,
- libel,
- make little of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- play down,
- put down,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- slander,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- underplay,
- write off
- be blind to,
- be caught out,
- be inattentive,
- be unwary,
- belittle,
- blink at,
- connive at,
- cool it,
- de-emphasize,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- disparage,
- disregard,
- downplay,
- give no heed,
- go easy,
- hear nothing,
- ignore,
- let pass,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- miss,
- not attend,
- not heed,
- not listen,
- not notice,
- not sweat it,
- overlook,
- pass by,
- pass over,
- pay no attention,
- pay no mind,
- play down,
- see nothing,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- slight,
- take it easy,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue,
- wink at
- underplay
collapse
- play a card lower than (a held high card) related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- downplay,
- dull,
- dwarf,
- extenuate,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- play down,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- restrain,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- weaken
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- downplay,
- dull,
- dwarf,
- extenuate,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mute,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- restrain,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- conceal,
- constrain,
- control,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disguise,
- downplay,
- dull,
- dwarf,
- extenuate,
- hush up,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- muffle,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- play down,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- restrain,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- silence,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken
- bedwarf,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- criticize,
- cry down,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decry,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- dwarf,
- hold in contempt,
- knock,
- lessen,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- mitigate,
- play down,
- pooh-pooh,
- put down,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- trivialize,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue,
- write off
- minimize
collapse
- make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
- cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- cry down,
- curtail,
- cut down,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decrease,
- decry,
- degrade,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downplay,
- dwarf,
- hold in contempt,
- knock,
- lessen,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- play down,
- prune,
- put down,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- shrug off,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- talk down,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- chasten
collapse
- restrain or temper related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- blunt,
- bring to account,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- castigate,
- chastise,
- constrain,
- control,
- correct,
- curb,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deal with,
- diminish,
- discipline,
- downplay,
- dull,
- extenuate,
- inflict upon,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- masthead,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- penalize,
- pillory,
- play down,
- punish,
- purify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- repress,
- restrain,
- settle with,
- simplify,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- square accounts,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- take to task,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- visit upon,
- weaken
- abandon,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- belittle,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- care nothing for,
- carry through,
- contemn,
- cool it,
- de-emphasize,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deride,
- despise,
- disdain,
- dismiss,
- disparage,
- disprize,
- downplay,
- drop the subject,
- dump on,
- face out,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- forget,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- go easy,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- insult,
- lay aside,
- let it go,
- let slip,
- look down upon,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- not hesitate,
- not look back,
- not sweat it,
- play down,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put down,
- rank low,
- ridicule,
- scorn,
- sell short,
- set aside,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- snort at,
- stick at nothing,
- stop at nothing,
- take it easy,
- think little of,
- thrust aside,
- turn away from,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- extenuate
collapse
- lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow for,
- apologize,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- color,
- constrain,
- control,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- devitalize,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- explain,
- gloss over,
- gruel,
- ignore,
- justify,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lay low,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make allowance for,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- play down,
- qualify,
- rationalize,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- remit,
- restrain,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soften up,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- sugarcoat,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- underplay,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- varnish,
- veneer,
- water down,
- weaken,
- white,
- whiten,
- whitewash
- abate,
- abridge,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- compress,
- constrain,
- control,
- curtail,
- cushion,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- diminish,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- extenuate,
- fluff,
- gentle,
- keep within bounds,
- knead,
- laxate,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limber,
- limber up,
- listen in,
- loosen,
- lower,
- mash,
- massage,
- mellow,
- milden,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- pare,
- play down,
- plump,
- pulp,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- relax,
- restrain,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- scale down,
- shake up,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smash,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soften up,
- squash,
- step down,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- supple,
- suppress,
- take from,
- tame,
- temper,
- tenderize,
- tone down,
- tune in,
- tune up,
- underplay,
- weaken
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- blunt,
- calm,
- chasten,
- conciliate,
- constrain,
- control,
- cool,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- defuse,
- devitalize,
- diminish,
- disedge,
- downplay,
- draw the teeth,
- dulcify,
- dull,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- gruel,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lay low,
- lay the dust,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- obtund,
- pacify,
- palliate,
- placate,
- play down,
- pour balm on,
- propitiate,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- repress,
- restrain,
- retund,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soften up,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tranquilize,
- tune down,
- turn,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- underplay,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- weaken
- abate,
- allay,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- be light,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- constrain,
- control,
- cure,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- disencumber,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- extenuate,
- foment,
- give relief,
- have little weight,
- keep within bounds,
- kick the beam,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- lull,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- obtund,
- off-load,
- pad,
- palliate,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- remedy,
- remit,
- restrain,
- salve,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- underplay,
- unlade,
- unload,
- water down,
- weaken,
- weigh lightly
- abate,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alter,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- box in,
- chasten,
- circumscribe,
- condition,
- constrain,
- control,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- diminish,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- extenuate,
- feast,
- feed,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gratify,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lull,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- narrow,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- palliate,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- qualify,
- quench,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- regale,
- regulate by,
- relieve,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- salve,
- sate,
- satiate,
- satisfy,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken
- tone down
collapse
- make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements" related words >
- abate,
- achromatize,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- atone,
- attemper,
- attune,
- baffle,
- bank the fire,
- blanch,
- bleach,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- chord,
- constrain,
- control,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deafen,
- decolor,
- decolorize,
- dim,
- diminish,
- discolor,
- downplay,
- drain,
- drain of color,
- dull,
- ease,
- etiolate,
- extenuate,
- fade,
- fluff,
- fume,
- gentle,
- keep within bounds,
- knead,
- laxate,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limber,
- limber up,
- loosen,
- mash,
- massage,
- mat,
- mellow,
- milden,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- muffle,
- mute,
- obtund,
- pale,
- palliate,
- peroxide,
- play down,
- plump,
- pulp,
- put in tune,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- relax,
- restrain,
- shake up,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smash,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soften up,
- squash,
- stifle,
- stop,
- string,
- subdue,
- supple,
- suppress,
- tame,
- tarnish,
- temper,
- tenderize,
- tone up,
- tune,
- tune down,
- tune up,
- underplay,
- voice,
- wash out,
- weaken,
- whiten
- lighten
collapse
- become lighter; "The room lightened up"
- become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
- reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
- make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- be light,
- beacon,
- blunt,
- break,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- chasten,
- cheer up,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dawn,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- enlighten,
- extenuate,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- gladden,
- grow bright,
- grow light,
- have little weight,
- highlight,
- illume,
- illuminate,
- illumine,
- irradiate,
- keep within bounds,
- kick the beam,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- light,
- light up,
- luminate,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- obtund,
- off-load,
- overshine,
- palliate,
- play down,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- relume,
- relumine,
- restrain,
- set at ease,
- shed light upon,
- shine,
- shine upon,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smile,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- spotlight,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- thin,
- throw light upon,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- underplay,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- weaken,
- weigh lightly
- abate,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow for,
- alter,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- box in,
- camouflage,
- chasten,
- circumscribe,
- cloak,
- color,
- conceal,
- condition,
- condone,
- constrain,
- control,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- diminish,
- disguise,
- dissemble,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- excuse,
- extenuate,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gloss over,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hush up,
- ignore,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lull,
- make allowance for,
- mask,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- narrow,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- prettify,
- qualify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- regulate by,
- relieve,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- salve,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- sugarcoat,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- varnish,
- veneer,
- weaken,
- white,
- whiten,
- whitewash
- abate,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- balm,
- bank the fire,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- calm,
- chasten,
- cloy,
- compose,
- conciliate,
- constrain,
- control,
- cool,
- cram,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- defuse,
- deliver,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- downplay,
- dulcify,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- engorge,
- extenuate,
- feast,
- feed,
- fill,
- fill up,
- foment,
- free,
- give relief,
- glut,
- gorge,
- gratify,
- jade,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lay the dust,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- lull,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- obtund,
- overdose,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overgorge,
- oversaturate,
- overstuff,
- pacify,
- pad,
- pall,
- palliate,
- placate,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour balm on,
- pour oil on,
- propitiate,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- regale,
- release,
- relieve,
- restrain,
- salve,
- sate,
- satiate,
- satisfy,
- saturate,
- settle,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- still,
- stuff,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- supersaturate,
- suppress,
- surfeit,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tranquilize,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- weaken
- dwarf
collapse
- a person who is markedly small
- check the growth of; "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines" related words >
- Ariel,
- Befind,
- Corrigan,
- Finnbeara,
- Lilliputian,
- Mab,
- Oberon,
- Titania,
- Tom Thumb,
- ace,
- atom,
- banshee,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- bit,
- bitsy,
- brownie,
- cluricaune,
- dab,
- de-emphasize,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- diminutive,
- dole,
- dominate,
- dot,
- downplay,
- dram,
- dribble,
- driblet,
- dumpy,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- elf,
- elfin,
- fairy,
- fairy queen,
- farthing,
- fay,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- fragment,
- gnome,
- gobbet,
- goblin,
- grain,
- granule,
- gremlin,
- groat,
- hair,
- handful,
- hob,
- homunculus,
- imp,
- incipient,
- iota,
- jot,
- kobold,
- leprechaun,
- lilliputian,
- little,
- little bit,
- manikin,
- meager,
- midge,
- midget,
- miniature,
- minify,
- minikin,
- minim,
- minimize,
- minimum,
- minimus,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- molecule,
- mote,
- nanoid,
- nutshell,
- ounce,
- ouphe,
- overshadow,
- particle,
- pebble,
- peewee,
- peri,
- pinch,
- pip-squeak,
- pittance,
- pixie,
- play down,
- point,
- pooka,
- puca,
- pwca,
- pygmy,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- runt,
- runty,
- scraggy,
- scrubby,
- scruple,
- shrimp,
- shriveled,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smidgen,
- smitch,
- speck,
- spoonful,
- spot,
- sprite,
- squat,
- stunted,
- suppress,
- sylph,
- sylphid,
- thimbleful,
- tiny bit,
- tittle,
- trifling amount,
- trivia,
- underplay,
- undersize,
- undersized,
- wart,
- wee,
- whit,
- wizened
- deaden
collapse
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
- make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine" related words >
- KO,
- abate,
- absorb the shock,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- baffle,
- bank the fire,
- bedaze,
- benumb,
- besot,
- blunt,
- break the fall,
- chasten,
- chloroform,
- coldcock,
- constrain,
- control,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden the pain,
- deafen,
- debilitate,
- desensitize,
- devitalize,
- diminish,
- dope,
- downplay,
- drug,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- etherize,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- foment,
- freeze,
- give relief,
- gruel,
- kayo,
- keep within bounds,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- lay,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- lull,
- mat,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- muffle,
- mull,
- mute,
- narcotize,
- neutralize,
- numb,
- obtund,
- offset,
- pad,
- palliate,
- palsy,
- paralyze,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- put to sleep,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- relieve,
- restrain,
- salve,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- show consideration,
- show mercy,
- show pity,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soften the blow,
- soften up,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stun,
- stupe,
- stupefy,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- underplay,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- weaken
- modulate
collapse
- vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
- adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of
- change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" related words >
- abate,
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- balance,
- bank the fire,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- better,
- blunt,
- bottom out,
- box in,
- break,
- break up,
- change,
- chasten,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- circumscribe,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- condition,
- constrain,
- control,
- convert,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- diminish,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- downplay,
- dull,
- extenuate,
- fit,
- flop,
- haul around,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- improve,
- inflect,
- intonate,
- jibe,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lower,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- mutate,
- narrow,
- obtund,
- overthrow,
- palliate,
- play down,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refit,
- reform,
- regulate,
- regulate by,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- season,
- set,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- subvert,
- suppress,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune,
- tune down,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- underplay,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- weaken,
- work a change,
- worsen
- downgrade
collapse
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
- rate lower; lower in value or esteem related words >
- abase,
- abridge,
- adown,
- aslant,
- aslantwise,
- aslope,
- at a slant,
- atilt,
- atrophy,
- belittle,
- below,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- chute,
- collapse,
- comedown,
- compress,
- crash,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- debacle,
- debase,
- decadence,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- declined,
- declining,
- declivate,
- declivitous,
- declivity,
- declivous,
- decrease,
- decry,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- defluxion,
- degeneracy,
- degeneration,
- degrade,
- demerit,
- demote,
- denigrate,
- deplume,
- depose,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- dethrone,
- devalue,
- devolution,
- diminish,
- dip,
- dipping,
- disenfranchise,
- disfranchise,
- disgrade,
- disparage,
- displace,
- displume,
- dispossess,
- down,
- down south,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgate,
- downhill,
- downline,
- downplay,
- downpour,
- downright,
- downrush,
- downstairs,
- downstream,
- downstreet,
- downtown,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward,
- downward trend,
- downwards,
- downwith,
- drop,
- dropping,
- fall,
- falling,
- falling off,
- falling-off,
- grade,
- gradient,
- gravitation,
- hang,
- hanging,
- humble,
- inclination,
- lessen,
- lower,
- mark down,
- minimize,
- off plumb,
- on the downgrade,
- on the skids,
- on the wane,
- pare,
- play down,
- plummeting,
- pounce,
- rakingly,
- rapids,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- run down,
- scale down,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- slantingly,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- slaunchways,
- slipping,
- slopeways,
- slopingly,
- step down,
- stoop,
- strip of rank,
- swoop,
- take from,
- tipsily,
- tune down,
- undervalue,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- waning,
- waterfall,
- write down,
- write off
- depreciate
collapse
- lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" related words >
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- abuse,
- allow,
- bate,
- beat down,
- belittle,
- break,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- charge off,
- cheapen,
- compress,
- consume,
- cry down,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut prices,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decline,
- decrease,
- decry,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- deplete,
- deprecate,
- depress,
- deride,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- despise,
- detract,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discommend,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- dissipate,
- disvalue,
- dive,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- drain,
- dribble away,
- dwindle,
- eat away,
- erode,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- file away,
- give way,
- hold in contempt,
- impair,
- jew down,
- kick back,
- knock,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lower,
- make allowance,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- mark down,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- nose-dive,
- pare,
- play down,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- purify,
- put down,
- rebate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- reflect discredit upon,
- refund,
- remove,
- retrench,
- ridicule,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- run down,
- sag,
- scale down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shave,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- shrug off,
- simplify,
- slash,
- slight,
- slump,
- soften,
- speak ill of,
- squander,
- step down,
- subduct,
- submit to indignity,
- subtract,
- take a premium,
- take away,
- take from,
- take off,
- talk down,
- thin,
- thin out,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- trim,
- tune down,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue,
- waste,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- write down,
- write off
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bank the fire,
- block,
- blunt,
- bog down,
- boycott,
- brake,
- bridle,
- chasten,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- curb,
- curtail,
- curtail expenses,
- cut back,
- cut corners,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deadlock,
- decelerate,
- decrease,
- delay,
- detain,
- diminish,
- dompt,
- downplay,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enjoin,
- extenuate,
- go on strike,
- go out,
- govern,
- guard,
- halt,
- hang up,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- keep within bounds,
- lag,
- lay,
- lay under restraint,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- let up on,
- lighten,
- lock out,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- mire,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- pare down expenses,
- picket,
- play down,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- qualify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- revolt,
- roll back,
- set back,
- shut it down,
- sit down,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow up,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stall,
- stay,
- stifle,
- stop,
- straiten,
- strike,
- stymie,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- take a reef,
- take in sail,
- tame,
- temper,
- throttle down,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbend,
- underplay,
- unlax,
- unwind,
- walk out,
- weaken,
- withhold
- abate,
- abridge,
- abstain,
- aggrieve,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- ban,
- bank the fire,
- bar,
- bastille,
- bear,
- bind,
- bit,
- blunt,
- bottle up,
- box up,
- bridle,
- cage,
- cause,
- cause to,
- chasten,
- check,
- cloister,
- coerce,
- compel,
- concuss,
- confine,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork up,
- crib,
- crowd,
- crush,
- curb,
- curtail,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- decelerate,
- deprive,
- detain,
- dictate,
- diminish,
- disallow,
- dompt,
- downplay,
- drive,
- dull,
- encage,
- enclose,
- enforce,
- enjoin,
- extenuate,
- fence in,
- force,
- govern,
- grieve,
- guard,
- have,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in leash,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- hurt,
- immure,
- impel,
- impound,
- incarcerate,
- inhibit,
- injure,
- insist upon,
- intern,
- jail,
- jam,
- jug,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep under control,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lay under restraint,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- necessitate,
- oblige,
- obtund,
- pain,
- palliate,
- pen,
- pen up,
- play down,
- pound,
- prison,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- push,
- quod,
- rail in,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refrain,
- rein,
- rein in,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retard,
- retrench,
- seal up,
- set back,
- shackle,
- shotgun,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- squab,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squish,
- stifle,
- straiten,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tie,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- use force upon,
- wall in,
- weaken,
- withhold
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow for,
- amputate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- clip,
- close,
- color,
- compress,
- constrain,
- consume,
- consume away,
- control,
- corrode,
- crop,
- crumble,
- curtail,
- cushion,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- deliquesce,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- derogate,
- detract,
- die away,
- diminish,
- disparage,
- dive,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- drain,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dull,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- eat away,
- ebb,
- erode,
- extenuate,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- file away,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gloss over,
- ignore,
- impair,
- keep within bounds,
- languish,
- lay,
- leach,
- lenify,
- let up,
- lighten,
- lower,
- lull,
- make allowance for,
- melt away,
- mince,
- minify,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- palliate,
- pare,
- play down,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- purify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refine,
- relieve,
- remove,
- restrain,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- run low,
- sag,
- salve,
- scale down,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- simplify,
- sink,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soothe,
- step down,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subduct,
- subdue,
- subside,
- subtract,
- suppress,
- tail off,
- take away,
- take from,
- tame,
- temper,
- thin,
- thin out,
- tone down,
- truncate,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- varnish,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- whitewash,
- withdraw
- slacken
collapse
- make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- become looser or slack; "the rope slackened" related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- benumb,
- block,
- blunt,
- bog down,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- chasten,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- come apart,
- confine,
- constrain,
- control,
- countercheck,
- curb,
- cushion,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- decelerate,
- degenerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- deteriorate,
- die down,
- diffuse,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disimprove,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- disperse,
- dissolve into chaos,
- downplay,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- ebb,
- extenuate,
- fall,
- fall back,
- foment,
- free,
- get worse,
- give relief,
- grow worse,
- hang up,
- hinder,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep back,
- keep in check,
- keep within bounds,
- lag,
- lax,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let go,
- let up,
- let up on,
- lighten,
- loose,
- loosen,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- lull,
- make late,
- meddle,
- mire,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- oppose,
- pad,
- palliate,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reef,
- regress,
- rein in,
- relapse,
- relax,
- relent,
- relieve,
- remit,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- salve,
- scatter,
- scotch,
- set back,
- sicken,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slackening,
- slake,
- slip back,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- slow-up,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stay,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- subside,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- tame,
- temper,
- throttle down,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- underplay,
- unglue,
- unlax,
- unleash,
- unstick,
- unstrain,
- unstring,
- untighten,
- untune,
- unwind,
- wane,
- water down,
- weaken,
- worsen
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