| find fault(verb, expression, disparage, knock, malign) |
| frown(verb, criticize, condemn, object, disparage) |
| give comeuppance(verb, expression, abuse, belittle, minimize) |
| humiliate(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, lower) |
| impair(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| injure(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| kick in the teeth(verb, expression, idiom, snub, humiliate) |
| knock off high horse(verb, expression, idiom, abuse, belittle) |
| lessen(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| let down easy(verb, expression, idiom, snub, humiliate) |
| let wind out of sails(verb, expression, idiom, snub, humiliate) |
| make a fool of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, crush) |
| make ashamed(verb, expression, crush, confuse, shame) |
| make light of(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, diminish) |
| make little of(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, lower) |
| malign(verb, disparage, knock) |
| miniaturize(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| minimize(verb, abuse, diminish, criticize, scorn) |
| mortify(verb, crush, confuse, shame, subdue) |
| not go for(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, criticize) |