| knock(verb, attack, reduce, reject, sound) |
| abase(verb, reduce, destroy, crush, damage) |
| demean(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, abuse) |
| discount(verb, attack, show, reduce, reject) |
| downgrade(verb, attack, show, reduce, destroy) |
| play down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, reject) |
| cheapen(verb, reduce, destroy, withdraw, damage) |
| detract(verb, take, attack, show, reduce) |
| ridicule(verb, dismiss, crush, slight, criticize) |
| disgrace(verb, reduce, destroy, crush, slight) |
| lessen(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| deride(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, condemn) |
| devalue(verb, abuse, criticize, lower, condemn) |
| slight(verb, adjective, attack, show, reject) |
| defame(verb, sound, dismiss, slight, abuse) |
| devaluate(verb, reduce, withdraw, diminish, lower) |
| dismiss(verb, reject, diminish, criticize, scorn) |
| pooh-pooh(verb, reduce, reject, dismiss, diminish) |
| scorn(verb, reject, dismiss, criticize, condemn) |
| condemn(verb, attack, slight, criticize, scorn) |