| disdain(noun, verb, reject, disregard, dismiss) |
| fall(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| shave(verb, cut, check, reduce, ruin) |
| smear(verb, dismiss, slight, criticize, scorn) |
| subtract(verb, remove, withdraw, diminish, lower) |
| talk down(verb, phrasal verb, attack, show, think) |
| traduce(verb, dismiss, slight, criticize, scorn) |
| trim(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| vitiate(verb, cut, decline, ruin, fail) |
| weaken(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| write off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| abase(verb, reduce, ruin, lower, harm) |
| abridge(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| blaspheme(verb, insult, disparage, belittle, slur) |
| bring down(verb, expression, cut, diminish, decrease) |
| cry down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, diminish) |
| dispraise(noun, verb, reject, disregard, dismiss) |
| humble(verb, reduce, criticize, lower, disparage) |
| make light of(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, reject) |
| mortify(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate) |