| slander(verb, attack, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| slur(verb, criticize, disparage, ridicule, belittle) |
| smear(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| sneer(verb, criticize, scorn, insult, mock) |
| sour grapes(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| stoop(disparage, humble, degrade, humiliate, debase) |
| take a dig at(expression, idiom, disparage, knock, malign) |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, attack, criticize) |
| taunt(verb, scorn, insult, mock, tease) |
| tear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, dismiss) |
| tear to pieces(expression, idiom, disparage, knock, malign) |
| to denigrate(expression, disparage, knock, malign) |
| traduce(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| twit(verb, scorn, mock, disparage, jolly) |
| underestimate(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| underrate(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| undervalue(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| underworld |
| vilify(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| write off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, criticize) |