tone down

verbmoderate

Synonyms for tone down

verb moderate

Antonyms for tone down

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., from Old French ton (13c.), from Latin tonus "a sound, tone, accent," literally "stretching" (in Medieval Latin, a term peculiar to music), from Greek tonos "vocal pitch, raising of voice, accent, key in music," originally "a stretching, taut string," related to teinein "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "manner of speaking" is from c.1600. First reference to firmness of body is from 1660s.

Example Sentences for tone down

She must do something to tone down the beating of her heart.

I thought you ought to tone down a little, so I tried to put you wise.

"And you might tone down the family notes for him," suggested Fairy.

I proposed to Mashko, too, to tone down that note, but he would not.

She vainly tried to tone down her flushed cheeks with powder.

I shall not attempt to tone down the crudeness of Hungerford's language.

He just sat there and grinned, making no attempt to tone down the set.

Many men are fops in their youth who tone down wonderfully when they get old.

As it was, we had to tone down some of the naughtiest passages and songs.

I only regret that I have had to tone down so much of dialect in her versions.

tone down

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Antonyms for tone down

darkened

darkens

deaden

deadened

deadening

tone down

Synonyms for tone down

Antonyms for tone down

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