| deride(verb, mock, ridicule, sneer, jeer) |
| derogate(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| despise(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |
| detest(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon) |
| detract(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| devalue(verb, restrain, moderate, lessen) |
| dig at(verb, expression, reject, mock, ridicule) |
| disguise(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| dissemble(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| dwarf(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| ease(verb, cover, moderate, diminish, lessen) |
| exculpate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| excuse(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| extenuate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| fail(verb, disregard, neglect, scorn, insult) |
| fail to notice(verb, expression, idiom, disregard, pass) |
| flout(verb, reject, scorn, insult, mock) |
| forget(verb, disregard, dismiss, abandon, ignore) |
| give little weight to(verb, expression, idiom, restrain, moderate) |
| give no heed(expression, idiom) |