| asperse(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, shock) |
| disdain(verb, reject, dismiss, slight, criticize) |
| misprize(verb, reduce, withdraw, diminish, lower) |
| scoff(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, despise) |
| smear(verb, sound, dismiss, slight, abuse) |
| make light of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| abuse(verb, attack, sound, dismiss, slight) |
| calumniate(verb, sound, slight, criticize, shock) |
| denounce(verb, attack, slight, abuse, criticize) |
| humble(verb, reduce, destroy, crush, slight) |
| humiliate(verb, reduce, destroy, crush, damage) |
| libel(verb, slight, abuse, shock, insult) |
| malign(verb, dismiss, slight, abuse, criticize) |
| mock(verb, adjective, reject, criticize, scorn) |
| slander(verb, dismiss, slight, abuse, criticize) |
| vilify(verb, sound, dismiss, slight, abuse) |
| write off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, disregard) |
| dwarf(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, hinder) |
| flout(verb, slight, scorn, crack, condemn) |
| make little of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reduce) |