| make light of(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, diminish) |
| pooh-pooh(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| rail against(verb, expression, criticize, blame, disparage) |
| reprove(verb, attack, reject, oppose, dismiss) |
| scoff(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle) |
| speak ill of(verb, expression, idiom, disparage, taint) |
| swear at(expression, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| talk down(verb, phrasal verb, attack, show, think) |
| trivialize |
| abase(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| affront(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle) |
| anathematize |
| animadvert(verb, oppose, fight, censure, challenge) |
| animadvert on(verb, expression, censure, disparage, disapprove) |
| arraign(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| bash(verb, sound, censure, insult, offend) |
| blacken(verb, criticize, insult, disparage, degrade) |
| blacklist(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| blister(verb, reduce, withdraw, slight, abuse) |
| blow off(expression, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |