tone+down
61tone — 1. noun 1) the tone of the tuba Syn: sound, timbre, voice, colour, tonality 2) the impatient tone of his letter Syn: mood, air, feel, flavour, note, attitude …
62tone something down — make something less harsh in colour. → tone …
63tone language — noun (C) technical a language such as Chinese in which the way a sound goes up or down affects the meaning of the word …
64slow down — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
65tune down — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
66water down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you water down a substance, for example food or drink, you add water to it to make it weaker. [V P n (not pron)] You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long... [V n P] I bought a water based paint, then… …
67play down — Synonyms and 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 …
68water down — 1) staff had watered down the drinks Syn: dilute, thin (out), weaken; adulterate, doctor, mix; informal cut 2) the proposals were watered down Syn: moderate, temper, mitigate, tone down, soften …
69water something down — 1 staff had watered down the drinks: DILUTE, water, thin (out), weaken; adulterate, doctor, mix; informal cut. 2 the proposals were watered down …
70play down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. depreciate, minimize, downplay. See detraction. play down to II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. belittle, hold down, hold back, minimize; see restrain 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make less emphatic… …
