| run down(verb, expression, upset, dull, reduce) |
| scorch(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| scorn(verb, upset, dull, reduce, disturb) |
| send up(expression, upset, depress, extinguish, undermine) |
| shake(verb, upset, disturb, weaken, depress) |
| sicken(verb, worry, fail, strain, annoy) |
| slander(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| slop(verb, waste) |
| slow(verb, adjective, upset, dull, reduce) |
| smear(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| snarl(upset, depress, extinguish, dishearten, undermine) |
| sour grapes(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| start |
| strain(verb, worry, fail, annoy, irritate) |
| subdue |
| take apart(expression, upset, depress, extinguish, undermine) |
| take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| take steam out(expression, idiom, upset, depress, extinguish) |
| tax(verb, worry, fail, strain, annoy) |
| tear down(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |