underplay

Speech parts

1. underplay - Noun

2. underplay - Verb

Meaning

To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.

To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.

The act of underplaying.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

underact minify reduce minimize discount dismiss diminish mitigate lessen soften underestimate disparage depreciate belittle deprecate
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Antonyms

ham improve maximize intensify overstate emphasise
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Hypernyms

play act roleplay playact

Examples

I try not to read too much in the media because they're either gonna put you on a pedestal too high or underplay you. Sonny Bill Williams

He can underplay, and let that soothing-on-the-cusp-of-psycho purr take care of business. Source: Internet

“How could this happen?” the citizens of Raccoon City lament as government officials and corporations underplay and seek to profit off the outbreak. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

underplanting underplate underplating underplot underplotted underpoint