| reproach(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| retrench(cut, diminish, decrease, lessen, contract) |
| revile(verb, sound, slight, criticize, lower) |
| ride(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| ridicule(verb, dismiss, slight, criticize, lower) |
| rip up(expression, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| roll back(verb, expression, cut, check, decline) |
| scale down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| scold(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| scorch(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| set at naught(expression, idiom, underestimation) |
| shave(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish) |
| signify(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| slam(verb, sound, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| slap(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| sling mud(expression, sound, insult, offend, persecute) |
| snub(verb, mock, disparage, ridicule) |
| soften(verb, cut, cover, check, decline) |
| sour grapes(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| subdue(downplay, underplay) |