1. (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down

• belittle
• denigrate
• minimize

1. (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down

• belittle
• disparage
• pick at

1. (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down

• talk down

1. (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down

• belittling
• denigration
• calumniatory
• calumnious
• defamatory
• denigrating
• denigrative
• denigratory
• libellous
• libelous
• slanderous
• denigration
• deprecation
• depreciation
• derogation
• disparagement
• derogative
• derogative
• derogatory
• derogatory
• disparaging
• disparaging
• lower limit
• minimum
• minimisation
• minimization