| take away(expression, criticize, condemn, blame, discredit) |
| talk |
| tear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, ruin) |
| trivialize |
| twit(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, ridicule) |
| vitiate(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish) |
| vituperate(verb, abuse, criticize, scorn, insult) |
| abate(diminish, lessen, minimalize) |
| animadvert(verb, charge, oppose, criticize, scorn) |
| assail(verb, insult, denounce, belittle, slur) |
| attaint(verb, shame, stain, discredit, dishonor) |
| be above(verb, deride, despise, revile) |
| blink at(verb, expression, slight, ignore, neglect) |
| blister(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, scorn) |
| blot(verb, slight, shame, insult, stain) |
| blow upon(verb, phrasal verb, detraction) |
| brush aside(verb, expression, fail, slight, ignore) |
| brush away(verb, expression, fail, slight, ignore) |
| brush off(verb, expression, fail, slight, ignore) |
| call down(verb, expression, attack, abuse, criticize) |