| brand(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| bring down(verb, expression, cut, diminish, decrease) |
| call down(verb, expression, attack, abuse, criticize) |
| cap(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| chaff |
| chasten |
| chastise(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss, criticize) |
| cuss out(expression, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| cut down(expression, cut, check, reduce, sound) |
| cut down to size(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, destroy) |
| cut rate(expression, reduce, withdraw, diminish, lower) |
| cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, sound, criticize) |
| de-emphasize |
| demote(verb, cut, check, reduce, destroy) |
| despise(disparage, degrade, humiliate, debase) |
| disapprove of(expression, condemn, denounce, deplore) |
| dismiss(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, scorn) |
| do a number on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, sound) |
| doom(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| dump on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, sound, dismiss) |