Verb
downplay -
represent as less significant or important
understate ,
minimize ,
minimise
hyperbolise ,
hyperbolize ,
overstate ,
exaggerate ,
overdraw ,
magnify ,
amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching"
trivialise ,
trivialize make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
downplay -
understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
background ,
play down
foreground ,
highlight ,
play up ,
spotlight move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
accent ,
accentuate ,
emphasise ,
emphasize ,
punctuate ,
stress insert punctuation marks into
wave off dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
soft-pedal play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
