Synonym of making nothing of

Verb

Present participle for to attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious
soft-pedalling soft-pedaling de-emphasizing downplaying playing down minimising minimizing moderating underemphasizing underplaying understating blue-pencilling blue-penciling euphemizing mitigating palliating shushing subduing glossing over toning down going easy making light of making little of shrugging off setting little store by setting no store by putting on the soft pedal diminishing underrating softening undervaluing deemphasizing trivializing detracting from downgrading holding back trivialising talking down lessening reducing underestimating minifying devaluing brushing aside misprizing whitewashing selling short belittling rating too low doing an injustice to discounting disparaging depreciating qualifying deprecating extenuating holding cheap tempering weakening underpricing cheapening thinking too little of underrepresenting underselling sugarcoating brushing off minimalizing pooh-poohing making light vilipending dismissing underprizing disregarding misjudging looking down on taking for granted underweening setting too little store by failing to appreciate dumbing down thinking nothing of giving a lower profile giving little weight to attaching little importance to deflating miscalculating prettifying denigrating slighting miscarrying disesteeming not doing justice putting down restraining varnishing glossing rationalising belying justifying glozing over explaining away smoothing over brushing something under the carpet rationalizing dampening chilling out modulating diluting

Nearby Words

making null and void making obeisance making obeisance to making obscure making observations on making obsolete making notes on making note of making notches in making no sense making normal making no provision

Antonym of making nothing of

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