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Verb
Present participle for to make, or attempt to make, something seem less important
Present participle for to belittle or disparage the achievements of others
Present participle for to dismiss idly with contempt or derision
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
Present participle for to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
Noun
An act of belittling
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to make, or attempt to make, something seem less important
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
understating
downplaying
diminishing
softening
underrating
underplaying
undervaluing
underemphasizing
deemphasizing
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
downgrading
de-emphasizing
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
glossing over
making light of
toning down
shrugging off
talking down
making little of
making nothing of
setting little store by
detracting from
setting no store by
holding back
lessening
belittling
underestimating
devaluing
minifying
reducing
mitigating
misprizing
deprecating
moderating
whitewashing
brushing aside
discounting
dismissing
holding cheap
depreciating
qualifying
extenuating
palliating
selling short
pooh-poohing
disparaging
tempering
doing an injustice to
rating too low
derogating
cheapening
weakening
rationalizing
US
restraining
sugarcoating
subduing
taking lightly
treating lightly
rationalising
UK
laughing off
modulating
scoffing at
discrediting
denigrating
lowering
defaming
vilipending
restricting
decreasing
relaxing
disregarding
euphemizing
thinking too little of
controlling
thinking little of
underrepresenting
underselling
underpricing
justifying
mincing
explaining away
mincing words
curbing
prettifying
treating as unimportant
softening up
brushing something under the carpet
putting down
disesteeming
undertoning
brushing off
minimalizing
making light
covering up
candy-coating
deflating
setting too little store by
failing to appreciate
slighting
joking about
making a joke of
not doing justice
decrying
misjudging
looking down on
taking for granted
underweening
knocking
dumbing down
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
giving little weight to
attaching little importance to
undermining
varnishing
glossing
belying
glozing over
smoothing over
blue-penciling
blue-pencilling
putting on the soft pedal
going easy
shushing
devaluating
limiting
subtracting from
cutting rate
withdrawing
blistering
taking away from
backbiting
laughing at
writing off
detracting
dampening
chilling out
diluting
remitting
demeaning
abating
revising
dulling
easing
blunting
modifying
slackening
deriding
demoting
degrading
scorning
criticizing
US
dispraising
criticising
UK
dumping on
trashing
marginalising
UK
crying down
marginalizing
US
maligning
slurring
smearing
vilifying
taking down a peg
breaking
constraining
pacifying
cooling
taming
checking
repressing
mellowing
cooling out
holding in
keeping under control
deadening
calming
meeting halfway
damping
quieting
temperating
soothing
keeping in check
regulating
allaying
stilling
dwindling
attenuating
de-escalating
tapering
ebbing
cutting
alleviating
curtailing
waning
quelling
declining
shrinking
winding down
tapering off
dropping off
petering out
tailing off
contracting
dropping
cutting back
downscaling
easing off
lightening
subsiding
assuaging
receding
depressing
decrementing
fading
cutting down
rolling back
dying away
depleting
falling
relenting
impairing
downsizing
slashing
clipping
sinking
taking the edge off
ratcheting down
dying down
letting up
phasing down
paring down
falling away
dying out
scaling down
eroding
trimming
dialing down
stifling
palling
denting
bringing down
marking down
taking down
making less
draining away
taking the sting out
dropping away
whittling down
growing less
muffling
muting
axing
smothering
paring
mollifying
couching
plummetting
plummeting
making cutbacks in
trimming down
trimming back
slowing down
squelching
stepping down
cooling off
shaving
taking the bite out
slowing
rounding down
turning down
wearing down
narrowing
relieving
wearing away
becoming smaller
growing smaller
knocking down
fading away
slaking
rationing
damping down
slacking
becoming weaker
decelerating
unlaxing
cooling it
flagging
nosediving
quietening
draining
getting less
desisting
wasting away
thinning
going down
blurring
slacking up
closing
coming down
dying off
running low
slumping
plunging
settling
falling off
slackening off
becoming less
balming
dulcifying
smoothing down
shortening
making fewer
abridging
slimming down
cutting down on
cutting back on
truncating
watering down
calming down
putting a damper on
abasing
cushioning
growing faint
disappearing
trailing off
shrivelling
UK
melting away
clearing
dimming
fading out
shriveling
US
casting down
whittling
drying up
amortising
UK
tightening
amortizing
US
making smaller
running down
more ❯
“MacFarlane did his best to duck the limelight and
play down
his role in the investigation.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to belittle or disparage the achievements of others
belittling
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
deprecating
disparaging
denigrating
depreciating
dismissing
decrying
diminishing
discounting
derogating
vilipending
dissing
trashing
underestimating
slighting
bad-mouthing
running down
trash-talking
putting down
pooh-poohing
scoffing at
writing off
talking down
crying down
kissing off
sneering at
thinking little of
knocking
dumping on
panning
vilifying
criticizing
US
rubbishing
slating
aspersing
discrediting
criticising
UK
doing a hatchet job on
undervaluing
defaming
maligning
underrating
ridiculing
deriding
scorning
slamming
reviling
abusing
having a go at
casting aspersions on
slagging off
pulling apart
slurring
mocking
misprizing
roasting
dragging through the mud
pouring scorn on
trivializing
US
slandering
condemning
downgrading
minifying
detracting
deflating
taking to pieces
holding cheap
treating lightly
trivialising
UK
detracting from
tearing down
speaking ill of
hitting out at
cutting down to size
attacking
traducing
calumniating
disdaining
dispraising
bashing
marginalizing
US
rapping
picking holes in
marginalising
UK
pulling to pieces
making light of
vituperating
doing down
censuring
demeaning
lowering
degrading
smearing
contemning
speaking badly of
laughing off
laughing at
tearing into
insulting
taking down a peg
denouncing
disgracing
blasting
devaluing
libeling
US
libelling
UK
downplaying
impugning
flaming
ripping
selling short
lessening
throwing mud at
slinging mud at
cheapening
humiliating
look down one's nose at
blistering
taking down
scorching
despising
talking trash
berating
making fun of
making little of
disapproving
finding fault
taking a dig at
tearing to pieces
humbling
faulting
spurning
discountenancing
looking down on
finding fault with
giving comeuppance
putting away
knocking off high horse
poormouthing
besmirching
scoffing
twitting
taunting
girding
jeering
gibing
snubbing
rejecting
commenting negatively
messing with
mortifying
shaming
crushing
sneering
putting hooks in
scandalising
UK
giving a bad name
spreading lies about
sullying the reputation of
criticizing unfairly
blackening
stigmatising
UK
blackening the character of
bad mouthing
scandalizing
US
blackening the name of
ripping up
stigmatizing
US
giving black eye
excoriating
compromising
hammering
skewering
devaluating
pummelling
UK
laying into
throwing brickbats at
pummeling
speaking evil of
bagging
reprehending
lambasting
blaming
reprobating
execrating
deploring
pillorying
anathematizing
doing a number on
hitting
fulminating against
cavilling at
complaining
coming down on
railing
marking down
tearing to shreds
animadverting
sniping at
railing against
inveighing against
taking swipe at
disapproving of
carping at
understating
squashing
shooting down
cutting to the quick
squelching
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
dishonouring
UK
savaging
reproaching
castigating
assailing
dishonoring
US
sullying
tarnishing
crucifying
staining
injuring
tainting
debasing
giving a black eye
dragging through the mire
flinging mud at
blotting
smirching
defiling
damaging
disrespecting
rating
bringing into disrepute
spreading scandal about
chastising
scathing
upbraiding
jumping on
befouling
bringing discredit to
soiling
casting a slur on
flaying
muckraking
belaboring
US
besmearing
spoiling
rebuking
scolding
spotting
slashing
belabouring
UK
blotching
dressing down
slagging
breathing on
reproving
lacing to
running smear campaign
ripping up and down
objurgating
backbiting
reducing
reprimanding
reflecting badly on
giving a bad press to
bringing shame upon
bringing shame on
cutting up
tarring and feathering
animadverting on
mauling
arraigning
misrepresenting
bawling out
cursing
nitpicking about
vituperating against
potshotting
sledging
denunciating
cutting down
telling lies about
nit-picking
throwing shade
offending
chewing out
taking apart
criticizing severely
giving some stick to
pitching into
badmouthing
chiding
slanging
lashing
skinning
haranguing
embarrassing
undermining
poisoning
running a smear campaign against
taking to task
picking at
blackening the reputation of
tongue-lashing
conducting a smear campaign against
tearing a strip off
calling down
finding lacking
picking to pieces
nitpicking over
giving something a battering
dragging someone's name through the mud
giving flak to
ranting at
teasing
blaspheming
carpeting
accusing
belying
lampooning
villainizing
demonizing
US
demonising
UK
burlesquing
caricaturing
miscalling
nitpicking
judging
carping
lecturing
ragging
keelhauling
treating disrespectfully
basting
prejudicing
scoring
blemishing
calling names
jawing
slinging mud
telling off
reading the riot act
blackening someone's name
lighting to
getting at
writing false reports about
spreading tales about
marking wrong
dragging name through mud
tearing off a strip
giving something a bad press
reaming out
giving someone bondi
tearing apart
passing judgment
bagging on
objecting to
railing at
affronting
annoying
provoking
outraging
hurting
aggravating
wounding
questioning
upsetting
mistrusting
repudiating
nagging
gossipping
backstabbing
spiting
gossiping
slapping
plastering
strumpeting
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
ruining
blackguarding
oppressing
persecuting
gossiping about
hauling over the coals
fustigating
disobliging
irritating
proscribing
zinging
riding
hosing
giving a rocket
giving a tongue-lashing
abasing
going for the jugular
writing down
clobbering
destroying
dragging through mud
animadverting upon
slogging
inveighing
fluffing
zapping
trimming
slugging
weighing into
giving someone a bad press
caning
bringing down
knocking off
speaking of with disfavour
having a pop at
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
shouting at
giving offence to
discommending
objecting
complaining about
jeering at
protesting against
causing offence to
giving the business
cutting to bits
passing strictures upon
skinning alive
giving bad press
nagging at
arguing against
taking issue with
taking exception to
declaiming
prosecuting
cutting dead
jinxing
digging
declaiming against
calling out
indicting
ostracising
UK
charging with
showing up
ostracizing
US
impeaching
hurting somebody's feelings
lying about
lashing out at
giving someone hell
giving someone a roasting
casting slur on
stepping on one's toes
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
raving at
criticizing harshly
condescending
deigning
growling
riling
demoralizing
US
knocking down
casting down
demoralising
UK
ragging on
giving someone a dressing-down
sailing into
tying into
yelling at
beating up on
ripping into
barking at
more ❯
“Alternatively, and particularly in cases where there are rival leadership factions, they may
play down
the achievements of other leaders and their patrons.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to dismiss idly with contempt or derision
pooh-poohing
belittling
scorning
dismissing
ridiculing
discounting
deriding
mocking
disdaining
spurning
slighting
disregarding
rejecting
rebuffing
repudiating
wiping
scoffing at
putting down
sneering at
making light of
brushing aside
treating with contempt
making little of
sniffing at
waving aside
slam dunking
expressing contempt
holding up to scorn
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
discounting
disregarding
ignoring
overlooking
rejecting
disbelieving
passing over
discarding
dismissing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
overpassing
dispelling
neglecting
underselling
whitewashing
doubting
omitting
brushing off
winking at
brushing aside
glossing over
writing off
blinking at
laying aside
papering over
pooh-poohing
shrugging off
giving no credence to
setting aside
taking no account of
taking no notice of
paying no attention to
taking with a pinch of salt
spurning
waving aside
putting aside
repudiating
rebuffing
throwing cold water on
putting out of your mind
treating with contempt
pouring cold water on
belittling
trivializing
US
flouting
trivialising
UK
turning a blind eye to
turning a deaf ear to
pushing aside
refusing to acknowledge
sweeping aside
forgetting about
laughing off
making light of
having no time for
thinking no more of
shutting eyes to
scoffing at
forgetting
condoning
excusing
forgiving
pardoning
remitting
paying no heed to
glozing over
treating lightly
shaking off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
humiliating
disgracing
humbling
shaming
chastening
debasing
degrading
abasing
crushing
embarrassing
subduing
discomfiting
mortifying
abashing
putting down
chagrining
demeaning
deflating
denigrating
cheapening
discrediting
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
fouling
lowering
quashing
sinking
smirching
squashing
bemeaning
blistering
breaking
discountenancing
owning
panning
ripping
slamming
smearing
snubbing
withering
confusing
downplaying
vanquishing
bringing down
showing up
taking down
making ashamed
bringing low
casting down
putting to shame
running down
shooting down
taking down a peg
tearing down
causing to feel small
causing to lose face
cutting down to size
making a fool of
making someone eat crow
making someone eat humble pie
putting out of countenance
taking down a peg or two
taking the wind out of your sails
settling someone's hash
Noun
▲
An act of belittling
belittlement
disparagement
denigration
detraction
derogation
aspersion
depreciation
deprecation
diminishment
ridicule
belittling
scorn
disdain
marginalisation
UK
marginalization
US
put down
abuse
slander
calumny
vilification
backstabbing
defamation
libel
obloquy
traducement
vituperation
backbiting
slagging
censure
character assassination
maligning
scandalmongering
muckraking
slagging off
calumniation
scandal
libeling
US
lie
traducing
smearing
revilement
insults
invective
degradation
criticism
tale
condemnation
derision
scurrility
vitriol
lessening
libelling
UK
mocking
chiding
debasement
scolding
cavilling
UK
carping
cavil
roast
caviling
US
bad-mouthing
pejoration
defaming
besmirching
stigmatization
US
stigmatisation
UK
curses
cursing
swearing
expletives
aspersions
slanging
fulmination
spitefulness
tirade
slurs
scurrilousness
cattiness
rubbishing
spite
malice
put-downs
mud-slinging
verbal abuse
foul language
verbal attack
malicious talk
trash talk
discredit
castigation
denunciation
chastisement
reprobation
recrimination
contempt
reproval
reproach
slamming
remonstrance
admonishment
slating
flak
upbraiding
contumely
critique
reproof
excoriation
opprobrium
faultfinding
smear
panning
slur
underestimation
blame
berating
prejudice
knocking
nitpicking
fault-finding
verbal disapproval
nit-picking
slam
misrepresentation
hit
knock
innuendo
damage
insinuation
harm
disesteem
minimization
smear campaign
more ❯
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playing dumb
playing fair
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