UNDERSPIN Synonyms

• take away a part from; diminish

• made dim or less bright

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• offering little or no hope

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• become dim or lusterless

• make dim or lusterless

• make dim by comparison or conceal

• become vague or indistinct

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• express a negative opinion of

• represent as less significant or important

• understate the importance or quality of

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• make less complex

• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

• be the essential element

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• lessen and make more modest

• make smaller

• to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

• narrow or limit

• put down by force or intimidation

• undergo meiosis

• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

• make a subtraction

• take off or away

• an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value

• assign too low a value to

• make a deliberately low estimate

• make too low an estimate of

• act (a role) with great restraint

• play a card lower than (a held high card)

• represent as less significant or important

• assign too low a value to

• esteem lightly

• lose in value

• To place insufficient emphasis on.

• understate the importance or quality of