| defame(verb, sound, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| disregard(reject, dismiss, ignore, overlook, pooh-pooh) |
| dwindle(verb, decline, reduce, fail, ease) |
| mitigate(verb, cover, decline, reduce, fail) |
| scorn(verb, dismiss, criticize, fault, mock) |
| shrug off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, forget) |
| taper(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| think nothing of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, restrain) |
| attenuate(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| clip(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |
| compress(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| deride(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, fault) |
| disdain(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| dismiss(verb, criticize, scorn, mock, disparage) |
| dispraise(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abuse) |
| insult(verb, sound, offend, persecute, swear) |
| knock down(verb, expression, diminish, lessen, underrate) |
| lighten(verb, cover, decline, reduce, ease) |
| palliate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, lessen) |
| pan(verb, dismiss, abuse, diminish, criticize) |