make light of
• treat as unimportant.
• "I didn't mean to make light of your problems"
Similar:
play down,
downplay,
understate,
underrate,
rate too low,
not do justice to,
do an injustice to,
underplay,
de-emphasize,
underemphasize,
trivialize,
minimize,
diminish,
downgrade,
reduce,
lessen,
brush aside,
gloss over,
shrug off,
soft-pedal,
sell short,
misprize,
minify,
make light work of
• accomplish (a task) quickly and easily.
• "make light work of cooking with the help of this electronic food processor"
