Antonyms for make light of
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : laɪt |
- accomplish
- accuse
- achieve
- admire
- aggravate
- agitate
- allow
- approve
- attend
- be nice
- believe
- blacken
- blame
- blow up
- build up
- burden
- cherish
- commend
- complete
- compliment
- concern
- condemn
- darken
- deny
- depress
- develop
- disclose
- divulge
- do
- enlarge
- esteem
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- explode
- expose
- extend
- finish
- flatter
- follow
- get
- grow
- guard
- heat
- heed
- honor
- incite
- increase
- intensify
- irritate
- laud
- lay bare
- lengthen
- let out
- like
- look at
- love
- magnify
- maximize
- note
- notice
- nurture
- open
- overestimate
- overrate
- overvalue
- pay attention
- play up
- praise
- prevent
- prolong
- protect
- provoke
- raise
- recognize
- refuse
- regard
- remember
- respect
- reveal
- sentence
- serve
- show
- strengthen
- strip
- succeed
- take care of
- tell
- tell truth
- trouble
- trust
- uncover
- unmask
- upset
- value
- veto
- warm
- watch
- welcome
- worry
- worsen
Definition of make light of
Origin :- "to illuminate, fill with brightness," Old English lyhtan, common Germanic (cf. Old Saxon liohtian, Old High German liuhtan, German leuchten, Gothic liuhtjan "to light"), from source of from light (n.). Related: Lighted; lighting.
- As in minimize : verb make smaller; underrate
- As in neglect : verb be indifferent, leave alone
- As in overlook : verb disregard, neglect
- As in palliate : verb gloss over; cover up
- As in play down : verb pretend as if something were unimportant
- As in pooh-pooh : verb dismiss
- As in scoff : verb make fun of; despise
- As in slight : verb offend, insult
- As in underestimate : verb minimize; rate too low
- As in whitewash : verb cover up the truth
- As in downplay : verb minimize
Synonyms for make light of
- abate
- abbreviate
- affront
- allay
- alleviate
- apologize for
- assuage
- attach little importance to
- attenuate
- belittle
- blanch
- blink at
- boo
- brush aside
- brush off
- camouflage
- cheapen
- chill
- cloak
- conceal
- condemn
- condone
- contemn
- cool
- cover
- curtail
- cut
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- decrease
- decry
- deemphasize
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- despise
- detest
- detract
- devalue
- dig at
- diminish
- disbelieve
- discount
- discredit
- disdain
- disesteem
- disguise
- dismiss
- disparage
- disregard
- dissemble
- downplay
- dwarf
- ease
- exculpate
- excuse
- exonerate
- extenuate
- fail
- fail to notice
- flout
- forget
- gibe
- give little weight to
- give the brush
- give the cold shoulder to
- gloss over
- gloze
- have nothing to do with
- hide
- hold back
- hush up
- ignore
- jeer
- justify
- keep at arm's length
- keep one's distance
- knock
- knock down
- laugh at
- laugh off
- launder
- leave out
- leave undone
- lessen
- let fall between the cracks
- let go
- let slide
- liberate
- lighten
- live with
- make light of
- make little of
- mask
- miniaturize
- minimize
- miscalculate
- miscarry
- miss
- mitigate
- mock
- moderate
- mollify
- mute
- neglect
- not care for
- not do justice
- not give time of day
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- paint
- palliate
- pan
- pass
- pass by
- pass over
- pass up
- pay no attention
- pay no attention to
- pay no mind
- play down
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- pretermit
- prettify
- prune
- put down
- put on a Band-Aid
- qualify
- quick fix
- rag
- rally
- rebuff
- reduce
- reject
- relieve
- repudiate
- restrain
- revile
- ride
- ridicule
- run down
- scant
- scoff
- scoff at
- scorn
- screen
- sell short
- show contempt
- show disrespect
- shrink
- shrug off
- skip
- slight
- slip up
- slur
- sneer
- sneer at
- sneeze at
- snub
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- spurn
- sugarcoat
- suppress
- tease
- temper
- think nothing of
- think too little of
- treat with contempt
- tune out
- turn deaf ear to
- underestimate
- underplay
- underrate
- undervalue
- upstage
- varnish
- veil
- veneer
- vindicate
- wave aside
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
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