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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Downplay something ANTONYM

Is this sentence OK? and whats an antonym for DOWNPLAY?

1 Instead of downplaying the situation, he tried to make things seem bigger than they are.

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escalating, exaggerating

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  • escalating, exaggerating
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escalating, exaggerating
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Anonymousescalating, exaggerating

I would go more with 'exaggerate' than with 'escalate'.
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Or you can 'play something up'.
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