underplay
v.
play a role in a subdued manner, act out a part sketchily; underemphasize
underplay
Verb
1. act (a role) with great restraint
(synonym) underact
(hypernym) act, play, roleplay, playact
(classification) dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
2. play a card lower than (a held high card)
(hypernym) play
(classification) card game, cards
underplayed
Synonyms and related words:
actor-proof, all-star, ballet, balletic, cinematic, cinematographic, dramatic, dramatical, dramaturgic, film, filmic, ham, hammy, histrionic, legitimate, melodramatic, milked, monodramatic, overacted, overplayed, scenic, spectacular, stagelike, stageworthy, stagy, starstruck, stellar, theaterlike, theatrical, thespian, thrown away, underacted, vaudevillian
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
UNDERPLAYED
RECITATO CON POCA ENFASI. RECITATO SMORZANDO I TONI. SMINUITO. PROCEDUTO CON CAUTELA. GIOCATO UNA CARTA BASSA