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57 entries under expression topic. ×
| make ashamed(verb, crush, confuse, shame) | |
| make nothing of | |
| pooh pooh(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage) | |
| poor mouth(reduce, criticize, decrease, scorn) | |
| put out of countenance(verb, idiom, crush, confuse) | |
| put to shame(verb, idiom, crush, confuse) | |
| scoff at(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage) | |
| shoot full of holes(idiom, criticize, scorn, disparage) | |
| sneer at(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage) | |
| sour grapes(criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) | |
| take a swipe at(idiom, criticize, scorn, disparage) | |
| write off(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage) | |
| brush aside(dismiss, trivialize) | |
| brush off(dismiss, trivialize) | |
| give a lower profile(verb, idiom, restrain, moderate) | |
| have nothing to do with(idiom, dismiss, trivialize) | |
| joke about(dismiss, trivialize) | |
| laugh off(dismiss, trivialize) | |
| leave alone(dismiss, trivialize) | |
| let go(dismiss, trivialize) |
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