"downplaying" in German downplaying herunterspielend verharmlosend verniedlichend Detailed translations for "downplaying" downplaying downplaying(also: playing down, minimizing, minimising, making light of) herunterspielend downplaying(also: trivialising, whitewashing, playing down, minimizing) verharmlosend downplaying(also: playing down, minimizing, minimising, making light of) verniedlichend