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downtoned

downtoned is the simple past and past participle of downtone.

Meaning of downtone

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.

Questions about downtoned

What is downtoned the simple past and past participle of?
Downtoned is the simple past and past participle of downtone.

Words near downtoned in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downtoned (page history and authors); downtone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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