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downtone

downtone verb: to tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Verb

downtone (third-person singular simple present downtones, present participle downtoning, simple past and past participle downtoned)

  1. (transitive) To tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.

Antonyms of downtone

Forms of downtone

third-person singular presentdowntones
present participledowntoning
past participledowntoned
pastdowntoned

Origin of downtone

From down + tone.

Words formed from downtone

Questions about downtone

What does downtone mean?
Downtone means to tone down; to make less emphatic or significant; to downplay.
What part of speech is downtone?
Downtone is a verb.
What is the past tense of downtone?
The past tense of downtone is downtoned.

Words near downtone in the dictionary

  1. downtitrating
  2. downtitration
  3. downtitrations
  4. downto
  5. Downton
  6. downtone
  7. downtoned
  8. downtoner
  9. downtoners
  10. downtones
  11. Downtonian

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