Synonyms for tone down
tone down

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1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone downverb

   deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

   Synonyms:
   muffle, wash, stifle, mute, pall, numb, moderate, moisten, weaken, benumb, repress, break, soften, dull, smother, blunt, deaden, damp, dampen, tame, strangle

2. tone down, moderate, tameverb

   make less strong or intense; soften

   "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

   Synonyms:
   lead, temper, muffle, mince, hold in, tame, cultivate, mute, domesticize, naturalise, control, chair, moderate, hold, reclaim, naturalize, check, domesticate, soften, domesticise, damp, dampen, chasten, curb, dull, subdue, contain

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1. • Alter
   • Soften

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1. tone down

   Synonyms:
   subdue, moderate, soften

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1. Vice President Biden:

   I believed Anita Hill, and my one regret is that I wasn't able to tone down the attacks on Anita Hill by some of my Republican friends. I mean, they really went after Anita Hill. As much as I tried to intervene, I did not have the power to gavel them out of order.

2. Ahn Chan-il:

   He wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors, and he wants to gradually tone down the idolization of the two late leaders as it goes against his agenda to brand the North as a normal state.

3. Author Unknown:

   To feel "fit as a fiddle" you must tone down your middle.

4. Craig Floyd:

   Enough is enough, we need to tone down the rhetoric and rally in support of law enforcement and against lawlessness.

5. President Obama and Jeb Bush:

   I think we need to tone down the rhetoric, for sure, the use of that kind of language is just wrong.