Dictionary Definition
downplay
Verb
2 understate the importance or quality of; "he
played down his royal ancestry" [syn: background, play down]
[ant: foreground,
foreground]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
- To de-emphasize;
to present or portray something as less important or consequential.
- He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.
Translations
to de-emphasize; to present or portray something
as less important or consequential
- German: herunterspielen