| lessen(verb, reduce, dismiss, diminish, lower) |
| look down on(verb, expression, idiom, reject, oppose) |
| make little of(expression, idiom, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| pan(verb, attack, reduce, reject, oppose) |
| protest against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, criticize, condemn) |
| rebuke(verb, charge, separate, criticize, scorn) |
| reject(verb, decline, oppose, abandon, criticize) |
| renounce(verb, decline, deny, disapprove, disown) |
| roast(verb, charge, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| shame(verb, mock, disparage, ridicule) |
| sneer(verb, criticize, mock, ridicule, belittle) |
| spurn(verb, decline, reject, oppose, criticize) |
| take exception to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject) |
| talk |
| taunt(verb, ridicule) |
| traduce(verb, dismiss, slight, criticize, lower) |
| trivialize |
| underplay(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| vituperate(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, insult) |
| abase |