| brush off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, disregard) |
| camouflage(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| cheapen(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| chill(verb, scorn, insult, offend, disparage) |
| cloak(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| conceal(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| condemn(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |
| condone(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| connive at |
| contemn(verb, reject, scorn, insult, mock) |
| cool(verb, scorn, insult, offend, disparage) |
| cool it |
| cover(verb, ease, moderate, diminish, lessen) |
| cover up(verb, expression, dulling, whites, gloze) |
| curtail(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| cut(verb, scorn, insult, offend, disparage) |
| cut down to size(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, diminish) |
| cut rate(verb, expression, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| decrease(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, lessen) |
| deemphasize(verb, restrain, moderate, lessen, soften) |