| make light of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, cover) |
| shorten(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| slight(verb, attack, show, reject, disregard) |
| abbreviate(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| de-emphasize(verb, place) |
| minimise(verb, cover, decline, reduce, ease) |
| run down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, show) |
| understate(verb, dismiss, underestimate, minimise, underemphasize) |
| degrade(verb, decline, reduce, dismiss, ease) |
| detract(verb, take, attack, show, reduce) |
| discredit(verb, reduce, reject, disregard, dismiss) |
| dwarf(verb, diminish, hinder, informal, lessen) |
| knock(verb, reduce, sound, withdraw, diminish) |
| misprize(verb, reduce, withdraw, diminish, lower) |
| shrink(verb, cut, decline, reduce, fall) |
| talk down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, show) |
| abridge(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease) |
| criticize(verb, decline, reject, scorn, condemn) |
| devalue(verb, cut, check, reduce, restrain) |
| make little of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, diminish) |