Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make something appear trivial

    kleinreden, trivialisieren

    make trivial or insignificant

Examples

3 sentences

  1. While I don't want to trivialize your concerns, is all of this really necessary?

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  2. Who's trivializing our problems?

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  3. Comparing "cancel culture" to the Inquisition is trivializing the Inquisition.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
make something appear trivial:

Forms

trivializes, trivializing, trivialized, trivialized
Base formtrivialize · to trivialize
3rd person singulartrivializes
Present participletrivializing
Past simpletrivialized
Past participletrivialized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrivialize
he, she, ittrivializes

Past simpleLesson

all personstrivialized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trivialized
he, she, ithas trivialized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trivialize

Synonyms

25 synonyms
degradeC1deprecateC2disparageC2minimizeB1underestimateB2downplayunderstatebanalizebagatellizebelittlecut downde-emphasizedenigratederogate
Close in meaning

Antonyms

12 antonyms
exaggerateB2overemphasizeB2big upcut it fathyperbolizeoverchargeoverdooverstateplay upstretchB1three-sheetglorifyB2

Word family

12 related words
RelatedignoreB1trifleC2gloss overtake lightlybrush offshrug offtrivial
Derivedtrivializabletrivializationtrivializertrivializinglyuntrivialized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
triumphantlytrivialB2trivialitytriviumtrodtroll
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