unhighlighting
Taking away highlighting
Unhighlighting is removing a highlight from something previously marked.
In digital contexts, this means deselecting highlighted text or turning off a visual emphasis: I'm unhighlighting the passages that turned out to be irrelevant.
The word appears in software interfaces and casual usage about annotation.
Gradual loss of intensity
- dimmingDecreasing in brightness
- mutingSuppressing sound output
- subduingBringing under control
- toning downLessening force or impact
softening · downplaying · understating · minimizing · de-emphasizing · backgrounding · receding · lessening
Reversing a prior pick
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- undoingCause of destruction
- revertingReturning to earlier state
- resettingReturning to initial state
canceling · dismissing · unselecting · unchecking · releasing · unfocusing · deactivating · turning off
fading
Gradual loss of intensity
toning down · softening · downplaying · understating · minimizing · de-emphasizing · backgrounding · receding · lessening · reducing
deselecting
Reversing a prior pick
resetting · canceling · dismissing · unselecting · unchecking · releasing · unfocusing · deactivating · turning off · switching off
unhighlightinghighlighting
Emphasizing key parts
emphasizing · marking · selecting · underlining · bolding
unhighlightingemphasizing
Giving special importance to
accentuating · spotlighting · foregrounding · showcasing · calling out
unhighlight, highlighting, highlighted, highlight, highlights, highlighter, highlighters, high, higher