tone (down)

verb

Definition of tone (down)next
as in to mute

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tone (down)
  1. mute
  2. blunt
  3. muffle
  4. dull
  5. reduce
  6. decrease
  7. damp
  8. dampen
Verb
  • Green Book premieres at the same festival, but its message about looking past each other’s differences feels less pressing in a world where Donald Trump has not just nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and response to the interracial buddy dramedy is muted.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Grand Prismatic Spring, the third largest hot spring in the world and one of Yellowstone's top attractions, looked particularly magical as the overcast skies muted its rainbow colors and heavy steam shrouded the site.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of mute
Verb
  • Though many cities in California have had rent control on the books for decades, those rules have been blunted by Costa-Hawkins, a law that limits rent control to houses and apartment buildings built prior to 1995 and lets landlords raise rents when new tenants move in.
    Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The big picture: Mayoral hopefuls in cities from Richmond, Virginia, to San Diego have pledged to blunt the high cost of housing by allowing denser construction, even as some of those proposals have sparked local backlash.
    Sami Sparber, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of blunt
Verb
  • In testing, Dyson's noise cancellation effectively muffled out most distracting sounds, including street noise, the rumble of subway trains, and music in a coffee shop.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Incessant and nerve-shattering, the cacophony of the sounds of war — shelling, air-raid alarms, explosions — has seemingly muffled the voices of those under Russian attack in Ukraine.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of muffle
Verb
  • Aging can dull our ability to navigate using spatial memory, the form of memory responsible for recording and recovering the information needed to remember the location of objects in our environment.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Clearly, the sands of time have not dulled his feelings.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of dull
Verb
  • While noting that many Arizona cities have drastically reduced their per capita water demand, Goddard argued that cities will eventually need to find water-sharing arrangements with farms so that cities can pay farmers to use their water in dry times.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Some items that normally retail for upwards of $500 have been reduced to $99 or less.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of reduce
Verb
  • Selling and marketing expenses decreased to $0.03 million from $0.23 million, primarily due to a decrease in sales revenue.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Two items better known for cleaning swimming pools and moisturizing dry skin might help protect the Earth’s corals and decrease antibiotic resistance and pollution in the ocean.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of decrease
Verb
  • For this test, hats and gloves were worn in a range of winter conditions, from cold, dry, sometimes snowy Colorado Front Range and high country, to cold, damp Virginia and cool, rainy, mild Northern California.
    Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Heading down the trail, the generic front suspension fork quickly runs out of damping if speeds rise above a fairly deliberate pace.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of damp
Verb
  • Republicans take Senate, House control remains uncertain 02:24 Although markets have pushed to new highs this year, Wall Street analysts warn that some of Trump's key policy proposals could rekindle U.S. inflation, dampen economic growth and drive up the nation's debt.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Some in the media are choosing to amplify a mad dash to dampen and diminish voter enthusiasm.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of dampen
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