downtone

English

Etymology

From down +‎ tone.

Verb

downtone (third-person singular simple present downtones, present participle downtoning, simple past and past participle downtoned)

1. (linguistics, transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Antonyms

• intensify

Derived terms

• downtoner

Anagrams

• note down, tone down