100 entries under discredit topic. ×
| squash(verb, break, destroy, crush, criticize) | |
| squelch(oppose, criticize, scorn, expose, disparage) | |
| take a swipe at(expression, idiom, criticize, scorn, insult) | |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, attack, reduce) | |
| abuse(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, insult) | |
| belie(verb, slight, insult, disparage) | |
| blow sky high(expression, idiom, oppose, expose, counter) | |
| blow up(verb, expression, ruin, oppose, destroy) | |
| chill(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) | |
| confound(verb, crush, confuse, shame, subdue) | |
| contradict(oppose, expose, contest, counter) | |
| contravene(oppose, expose, contest, counter) | |
| criticize(verb, attack, oppose, abuse, scorn) | |
| cry down(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) | |
| deject(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) | |
| demoralize(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) | |
| deny(verb, crush, confuse, shame, subdue) | |
| deprecate(verb, oppose, dismiss, criticize, scorn) | |
| deride(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) | |
| dis(verb, attack, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
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