Hyphenation of downplay

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word downplay? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of downplay:

1.	Represent as less significant or important
2.	Understate the importance or quality of He played down his royal ancestry

Synonyms of downplay:

verb	understate, minimize, minimise, inform
verb	background, play down, stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.