belittle, demean, downplay, sensationalize, politicize, denigrate, dramatize, glorify, underplay, cheapen, glamorize, perpetuate, satirize, obfuscate, conflate, humanize, sentimentalize, exaggerate, oversimplify, disparage, dehumanize, intellectualize, mythologize, romanticize, moralize, misunderstand, glamourize, marginalize, glamorise, sexualize, ignore, romanticise, sentimentalise, deify, satirise, ghettoize, misconstrue, confuse, tarnish, offend, distract, legitimize, demonize, humanise, objectify, overemphasise, misinterpret, dehumanise, overblow, besmirch, emphasize, mislead, diminish, sully, pander, overdramatize, fictionalize, mythologise, dignify, traumatise, belabor, glamourise, insinuate, commodify, relativize, titillate, overemphasize, convey, distort, misinform, overstate, ameliorate, transcend, demythologize, pretend, legitimatize, misquote, generalize, detract, deprecate, prettify, sugarcoat, desensitize, anthropomorphize, allude, mischaracterize, eroticize, overshadow, vilify, publicize, incite, elide, communalise, poke fun, enlighten, provoke, desensitise, dispel, bastardize, debase, coarsen, embellish

minimize, understate