102 Moby Thesaurus words for "tone down":
abate, achromatize, allay, alleviate, assuage, atone, attemper,
attune, baffle, bank the fire, blanch, bleach, blunt, chasten,
chord, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize,
deaden, deafen, decolor, decolorize, dim, diminish, discolor,
downplay, drain, drain of color, dull, ease, etiolate, extenuate,
fade, fluff, fume, gentle, keep within bounds, knead, laxate, lay,
lenify, lessen, lighten, limber, limber up, loosen, mash, massage,
mat, mellow, milden, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, muffle,
mute, obtund, pale, palliate, peroxide, play down, plump, pulp,
put in tune, reduce, reduce the temperature, relax, restrain,
shake up, slacken, slow down, smash, smother, sober, sober down,
soft-pedal, soften, soften up, squash, stifle, stop, string,
subdue, supple, suppress, tame, tarnish, temper, tenderize,
tone up, tune, tune down, tune up, underplay, voice, wash out,
weaken, whiten
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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