downtone

== English == === Etymology === From down +‎ tone. === Verb === downtone (third-person singular simple present downtones, present participle downtoning, simple past and past participle downtoned) (linguistics, transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay. ==== Antonyms ==== intensify ==== Derived terms ==== downtoner === Anagrams === note down, tone down