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tone down

werkwoord

1 tone down

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.

synoniemen: damp, dampen, dull, muffle, mute.

Roget 429: lose color etc. 428; fade, fly, go; become colorless etc. adj.; turn pale, pale.    deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, ... meer laten zien

Roget 422: be dim, grow dim etc. adj.; flicker, twinkle, glimmer; loom, lower; fade; pale, pale its ineffectual fire [Hamlet]. ... meer laten zien

Roget 421: be dark etc. adj.. darken, obscure, shade; dim; tone down, lower; overcast, overshadow; eclipse; obfuscate, offuscate; ... meer laten zien

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: dempen

2 tone down

Make less strong or intense; soften:
— Tone down that aggressive letter.

synoniemen: moderate, tame.


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: abate, achromatize, allay, alleviate, assuage, atone, attemper, attune, baffle, bank the fire, blanch, bleach, blunt, chasten, chord, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen ... meer laten zien.

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