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disparage(verb, attack, show, decline, reduce)
31
depreciate(verb, attack, show, reduce, reject)
25
decry(verb, attack, show, reduce, sound)
20
denigrate(verb, attack, show, dismiss, slight)
18
derogate(verb, attack, show, reduce, reject)
16
put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, reduce)
13
run down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, show)
12
criticize(verb, attack, decline, reject, abuse)
12
debase(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, abuse)
12
knock(verb, attack, reduce, reject, sound)
10
detract(verb, take, attack, show, reduce)
8
slight(verb, adjective, attack, show, reject)
7
defame(verb, sound, dismiss, slight, abuse)
6
asperse(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, shock)
6
smear(verb, sound, dismiss, slight, abuse)
5
abuse(verb, attack, sound, dismiss, slight)
5
calumniate(verb, sound, slight, criticize, shock)
5
denounce(verb, attack, slight, abuse, criticize)
5
libel(verb, slight, abuse, shock, insult)
5
slander(verb, dismiss, slight, abuse, criticize)
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