soft-pedal

Speech parts

1. soft-pedal - Noun

2. soft-pedal - Verb

Meaning

a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

play down or obscure

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

soft pedal

Synonyms

whiting hush fudge whitewash minify muffler shush reduce moderate minimize quiet silence soap ignore temper
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Antonyms

dramatize colour elaborate amplify exaggerate embellish
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Hypernyms

background pedal treadle downplay play down foot pedal

Derivatives

soft-pedalled soft-pedalling

Examples

His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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