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131 entries under verb topic. ×
| alleviate(action, softening, allaying) | |
| bad-mouth(action, criticize, decrease, scorn) | |
| debase(crush, confuse, shame, subdue) | |
| extenuate(action, lessen, mitigate) | |
| attach little importance to(expression, idiom, restrain, moderate) | |
| attenuate(action, reduce, diminish, lower) | |
| bring low(expression, crush, confuse, shame) | |
| dismiss(action, decrease, lessening, trivialize) | |
| kiss off(phrasal verb, action, decrease, lessening) | |
| deprecate(action, reduce, diminish, criticize) | |
| criticize(scorn, disparage, discredit, deride) | |
| take down(expression, phrasal verb, crush, criticize) | |
| confuse(crush, shame, subdue, disgrace) | |
| degrade(crush, confuse, shame, subdue) | |
| squelch(criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) | |
| think nothing of(expression, idiom, restrain, moderate) | |
| palliate(lessen, mitigate, underplay) | |
| tear down(expression, phrasal verb, crush, criticize) | |
| chasten(crush, confuse, shame, subdue) | |
| demean(crush, confuse, shame, subdue) |
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