| trivialize(verb, dismiss, downplay) |
| wane(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| worsen(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| abrade(verb, detract) |
| affront(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |
| attack(verb, slight, criticize, censure, insult) |
| attenuate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ruin) |
| backbite(reduce, withdraw, lower, disparage, belittle) |
| bad-mouth(verb, slight, criticize, scorn, condemn) |
| bate(decrease, nonincrease) |
| besmirch(verb, slight, criticize, insult, disparage) |
| blacken(verb, criticize, insult, disparage, degrade) |
| break(verb, cut, decline, reduce, fail) |
| cut down(verb, expression, drop, cut, check) |
| de-emphasize |
| decay(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| defile(verb, cut, decline, ruin, slight) |
| deplore(verb, condemn, denounce) |
| dismiss(verb, reject, disregard, abandon, criticize) |
| disvalue |