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| downplay(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) | |
| dump on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, dismiss, criticize) | |
| explanation(noun, action, cause, reason, excuse) | |
| exposition(noun, action, cause, reason, explanation) | |
| faint praise | |
| green apple | |
| hypothesis(noun, action, reason, explanation, excuse) | |
| ill-will(noun, scorn, resentment, jealousy, putdown) | |
| indignity | |
| justification(noun, action, cause, reason, explanation) | |
| knock(verb, criticize, scorn, disparage, discredit) | |
| knocking | |
| lemon | |
| lime | |
| lukewarm support | |
| minimizing | |
| motivation(noun, action, cause, reason, explanation) | |
| motive(noun, action, cause, reason, explanation) | |
| pan(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) | |
| philosophy(noun, action, reason, explanation, excuse) |
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