| downgrade(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| make little of(expression, idiom, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| moderate(verb, restrain, decrease, lessen, mitigate) |
| modulate(verb, restrain, moderate, decrease, lessening) |
| restrain(verb, moderate, decrease, lessening, minimizing) |
| underrate(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) |
| abate(verb, diminish, lessen, minimalize) |
| discount(verb, reduce, dismiss, diminish, criticize) |
| humiliate(verb, put, shame, disgrace, demean) |
| lower(verb, reduce, crush, diminish, criticize) |
| put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, action, reduce) |
| reduce(verb, diminish, lower, decrease, lessen) |
| run down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, action, reduce) |
| tone down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, restrain, moderate) |
| allay(verb, action, softening, allaying) |
| cut down to size(expression, idiom, reduce, crush, diminish) |
| decrease(reduce, diminish, lower, lessen, contract) |
| detract(verb, reduce, diminish, criticize, lower) |
| poor-mouth(verb, action, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| talk down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, action, restrain) |