| pare(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish) |
| slash(verb, drop, cut, check, decline) |
| soften(verb, drop, cut, check, decline) |
| sully(verb, slight, criticize, insult, disparage) |
| write down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, increase, diminish) |
| contemn(verb, criticize, disparage, ridicule, belittle) |
| corrupt(verb, cut, decline, ruin, fail) |
| deduct(verb, remove, reduce, withdraw, diminish) |
| detract from(verb, expression, reduce, reject, disregard) |
| dishonour |
| drop(verb, cut, decline, reduce, fall) |
| erode(verb, lessen, deflate, devalue) |
| find fault with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, attack) |
| floccinaucinihilipilification |
| humiliate |
| impair(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ruin) |
| scoff at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, disregard) |
| sink(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| slur(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |
| spurn(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |