| deprecate(verb, mock, disparage, ridicule) |
| discount(verb, cut, reduce, crush, slight) |
| discourage(verb, dishearten, undermine, dispirit) |
| dispirit(verb, snub, humiliate, belittle, quash) |
| disprove(expose, discredit, ridicule, repudiate) |
| expose(verb, scorn, mock, tease, jolly) |
| fold(verb, break, drop, give, decline) |
| give way(verb, expression, break, drop, give) |
| grade(verb, smooth, crush, level, smash) |
| invalidate(discredit, repudiate, disprove) |
| let down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, collapse, demolish) |
| level(verb, crush, squash, flatten, compress) |
| mark down(verb, expression, cut, check, reduce) |
| minimize(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish) |
| negate(discredit, disprove) |
| negative |
| plane(verb, smooth, crush, level, smash) |
| prostrate(verb, crush, level, smash, squash) |
| prune(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish) |
| put to shame(verb, expression, idiom, upset, crush) |