| speak ill of(expression, idiom, criticize, knock) |
| squash(verb, disparage, deride, demean, depreciate) |
| subdue(verb, crush, annoy, degrade, humiliate) |
| take |
| take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, destroy) |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, destroy) |
| tarnish(verb, insult, disparage, slur, malign) |
| tear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, dismiss) |
| think little of(verb, expression, idiom) |
| think nothing of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, underestimation) |
| traduce(verb, dismiss, slight, abuse, criticize) |
| trash(verb, sound, insult, offend, disparage) |
| upbraid(verb, attack, sound, criticize, censure) |
| vituperate(verb, sound, abuse, insult, offend) |
| weaken(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| abridge(verb, shorten) |
| affront(verb, crush, annoy, scorn, condemn) |
| attack(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, censure) |
| berate(verb, sound, abuse, insult, offend) |
| castigate(verb, attack, sound, criticize, censure) |