English Explanatory Dictionary

downtone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Word forms

downtone downtones downtoning downtoned

Etymology

From down + tone.

Antonyms

intensify

Derived words

downtoner
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