make light of

Strongest matches

• lessen
• play down
• soften

Strong matches

• devalue
• whitewash

Weak matches

• attach little importance to
• deemphasize
• give little weight to
• think nothing of

Strongest matches

• curtail
• decrease
• diminish
• downplay
• lessen
• play down
• reduce
• trivialize
• underestimate

Strong matches

• abbreviate
• attenuate
• belittle
• cheapen
• decry
• deprecate
• depreciate
• derogate
• detract
• discount
• disparage
• dwarf
• knock
• miniaturize
• pan
• pooh-pooh
• prune
• shrink
• underplay

Weak matches

• cut down to size
• knock down
• make little of
• poor-mouth
• put down
• run down

Strongest matches

• discount
• disregard
• ignore
• overlook
• reject
• spurn
• underestimate

Strong matches

• affront
• condemn
• depreciate
• despise
• detest
• disdain
• dismiss
• pretermit
• rebuff
• scant
• scorn
• slight
• slur

Weak matches

• brush aside
• brush off
• have nothing to do with
• keep at arm's length
• keep one's distance
• laugh off
• let go
• live with
• not care for
• pass by
• pass over
• pass up
• pay no attention to
• pay no mind
• shrug off
• tune out

Strongest matches

• discount
• forget
• ignore
• omit

Strong matches

• disdain
• miss
• overpass
• pass
• slight

Weak matches

• fail to notice
• leave out
• leave undone
• let fall between the cracks
• let go
• let slide
• pass by
• pay no attention
• slip up

Strong matches

• abate
• allay
• alleviate
• assuage
• camouflage
• cloak
• conceal
• condone
• cover
• diminish
• disguise
• dissemble
• ease
• exculpate
• excuse
• extenuate
• hide
• justify
• lessen
• lighten
• mask
• minimize
• mitigate
• moderate
• mollify
• prettify
• qualify
• relieve
• screen
• soften
• soothe
• sugarcoat
• temper
• varnish
• veil
• veneer
• vindicate
• white
• whiten
• whitewash

Weak matches

• apologize for
• gloze
• hush up
• put on a Band-Aid
• quick fix

Strongest matches

• belittle
• deemphasize
• gloss over
• minimize
• mute
• soft pedal
• soften
• underplay

Weak matches

• hold back
• make little of
• restrain
• underrate

Strongest matches

• belittle
• play down
• repudiate

Strong matches

• discount
• disregard
• rebuff
• reject

Weak matches

• brush aside
• scoff at
• sneer at
• treat with contempt
• wave aside

Strongest matches

• belittle
• deride
• jeer
• mock
• reject
• ridicule
• scorn
• sneer

Strong matches

• boo
• contemn
• disbelieve
• discount
• discredit
• disdain
• flout
• gibe
• knock
• pan
• pooh-pooh
• rag
• rally
• revile
• ride
• tease

Weak matches

• dig at
• laugh at
• poke fun at
• show contempt

Strongest matches

• disparage
• scorn
• snub

Strong matches

• affront
• chill
• contemn
• cool
• cut
• despise
• discount
• disdain
• disregard
• flout
• forget
• ignore
• neglect
• omit
• overlook
• pooh-pooh
• reject
• scoff
• skip
• slur
• upstage

Weak matches

• blink at
• brush off
• cold-shoulder
• give the brush
• give the cold shoulder to
• not give time of day
• show disrespect
• shrug off
• sneeze at
• treat with contempt
• turn deaf ear to

Strongest matches

• belittle
• miscalculate
• underrate
• undervalue

Strong matches

• deprecate
• depreciate
• disesteem
• disparage
• miscarry
• slight

Weak matches

• not do justice
• put down
• sell short
• think too little of

Strongest matches

• cover up
• gloss over

Strong matches

• blanch
• camouflage
• conceal
• exonerate
• extenuate
• launder
• liberate
• paint
• palliate
• sugarcoat
• suppress
• varnish
• veneer
• vindicate
• whiten