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crush(verb, upset, break, control, end)
16
disparage(verb, attack, reduce, ruin, oppose)
15
belittle(verb, attack, reduce, reject, sound)
15
humiliate(verb, upset, cut, reduce, disregard)
12
decry(verb, attack, reduce, sound, oppose)
12
deprecate(verb, attack, reduce, reject, oppose)
12
degrade(verb, upset, trouble, dull, reduce)
12
depreciate(verb, attack, reduce, dismiss, diminish)
12
knock(noun, verb, cut, attack, reduce)
12
run down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, trouble)
12
shame(verb, upset, cut, reduce, disregard)
11
criticize(verb, upset, meet, attack, oppose)
11
reject(verb, cut, check, decline, separate)
10
minimize(verb, sound, dismiss, abuse, diminish)
10
scorn(verb, upset, hold, trouble, dull)
10
snub(noun, verb, upset, give, cut)
9
denigrate(verb, dismiss, crush, push, slight)
9
disdain(verb, cut, decline, reject, disregard)
9
ridicule(verb, upset, reject, bother, disregard)
9
slight(noun, verb, upset, cut, meet)
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