The opposite or antonym for the phrase "played down" is "emphasized" or "highlighted". When someone plays down something, they are trying to make it seem less important or significant than it really is. On the other hand, emphasizing something means drawing attention to its importance or significance. You can emphasize a point in a speech, a feature in a product or an event happening. Emphasizing something can often strengthen your argument or idea by making it more prominent in people's minds. It is essential to know when to play down and when to emphasize something to ensure effective communication and convey your message accurately.

What are the antonyms for Played down?

• adj.

  • exaggerated
  • a bit thick
  ,
  • caricatural
  ,
  • hammier
  ,
  • hammiest
  ,
  • hammy
  ,
  • highly colored
  ,
  • hyperbolic
  ,
  • more amplified
  ,
  • more bouncing
  ,
  • more caricatural
  ,
  • more embroidered
  ,
  • more fabricated
  ,
  • more fabulous
  ,
  • more hyperbolic
  ,
  • more magnified
  ,
  • more overestimated
  ,
  • more overkill
  ,
  • more stylized
  ,
  • more too too
  ,
  • more too-too
  ,
  • more tootoo
  ,
  • most amplified
  ,
  • most bouncing
  ,
  • most caricatural
  ,
  • most embroidered
  ,
  • most fabricated
  ,
  • most hyperbolic
  ,
  • most magnified
  ,
  • most overestimated
  ,
  • most overkill
  ,
  • most stylized
  ,
  • most too too
  ,
  • most too-too
  ,
  • most tootoo
  ,
  • out of proportion
  ,
  • out proportion
  ,
  • over blown
  ,
  • over done
  ,
  • over estimated
  ,
  • over kill
  ,
  • over-blown
  ,
  • over-estimated
  ,
  • over-kill
  ,
  • over-wrought
  ,
  • overestimated
  ,
  • overkill
  ,
  • pretentious
  ,
  • sensational
  ,
  • too too
  ,
  • too-too
  ,
  • tootoo
  ,
  • un realistic
  ,
  • un-realistic
  .
  • overstated, embellished
  • exaggerated
  .

Famous quotes with Played down

• Ah, the pleasure, the joy - a big news story that runs and runs, that is played down by some of our journalistic colleagues, saying 'it'll never happen', only to be confirmed by the Home Secretary.

  Kamal Ahmed
• We scent the air of the office. We realize that certain things are wanted, certain things unwanted. There is an atmosphere favorable to Fascism. We find that out when some little pro-Mussolini item is played up, some big item, not so pleasant to the hero of our era, played down, or left out. In the future we send pro-Mussolini stuff only. We get a cable of congratulations.

  George Seldes

Related words & questions

Related words: downplay, played down by, played it down

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