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What is another word for
cut down
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▲
Verb
To bring down (a tall object), especially by cutting or chopping
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity
To shorten in length or extent
To kill or take the life of
To prepare a summary of something
To restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
To shoot someone or something with a gun
(
slang
)
To negatively criticize
To make oneself physically thinner
To physically bring to the ground
To bring shame or discredit to
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
To render comprehensible or understandable
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scorn
To be economical or frugal with
To damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Adjective
Being an abridged or shortened version of something
In a simplified or basic form
Elementary, simple or merely functional
Having suffered death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
Cheaper or lower in price
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Verb
▲
To bring down (a tall object), especially by cutting or chopping
chop
hew
level
mow
raze
chop down
hack down
bring down
mow down
fell
saw down
cut
axe
UK
split
ax
US
hack
lop
cleave
flatten
cause to fall
clear-cut
clear-fell
bring to the ground
sever
slice
divide
saw
“The workmen come with saws and begin to
cut down
the large tree.”
Verb
▲
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity
reduce
contract
decrease
abate
cut back
rein back
ease up on
cut
lessen
diminish
curtail
slash
lower
trim
pare down
prune
shrink
scale down
downsize
ease
curb
minimize
US
slim down
drop
clip
minimise
UK
moderate
limit
shorten
pare
mark down
retrench
bring down
make cutbacks in
downscale
dwindle
taper
whittle down
truncate
de-escalate
shave
dock
attenuate
restrain
axe
UK
wind down
roll back
ax
US
cut back on
temper
lighten
quell
decrement
dial down
mitigate
salami-slice
weaken
deplete
depreciate
depress
restrict
dent
knock down
abbreviate
tone down
crop
alleviate
abridge
ebb
elide
rationalize
US
lop
snip
chop
devaluate
syncopate
dilute
downgrade
minify
drop off
ease off
tail off
step down
rationalise
UK
make reductions in
cut short
whittle away
decline
wane
discount
soften
erode
bob
impair
check
narrow
rein in
taper off
sink
take down
peter out
subdue
make less
run down
boil down
cut down on
condense
cheapen
allay
blunt
degrade
compress
undervalue
assuage
devalue
soothe
palliate
subside
deduct
write down
ration
slacken
couch
relax
extenuate
dry up
trim down
trim back
whittle
slow down
telescope
take the edge off
make smaller
write off
economize
US
get shorter
economize on
get rid of
round down
eliminate
excerpt
remove
scale back
lop off
take off
tighten up
take up
turn up
hold back
cut to the bone
make shorter
wear away
phase down
stifle
economise
UK
wear down
relieve
damp down
repress
slenderize
mollify
retrench on
ratchet down
calm
make fewer
turn down
cause to fall
deflate
break
demote
confine
omit
delete
halve
keep down
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
thin
put down
reduce greatly
shed
do away with
chop down
dampen
slim
decay
degenerate
deaden
fade
roll down
budget cut
trim away
phase out
tune down
constrict
break off
put the brakes on
inhibit
halt
put a restriction on
put a limit on
cramp
control
deteriorate
mute
damp
muffle
undermine
sap
nip
make bare
remove from
snip off
poll
cut off
slump
crumble
take the bite out
take the sting out
abase
squelch
smother
cushion
put a damper on
dull
disempower
subtract
wither
make weaker
droop
disgrade
demerit
drive down
fall off
calm down
drain
peter
evaporate
quiet
run low
let up
lose edge
narrow down
die down
modify
slack off
tail away
settle
shrivel
waste
rebate
cast down
amortise
UK
tighten
qualify
amortize
US
more ❯
“Gradually
cut down
the amount of sugar you use in drinks and sprinkle on cereals until you stop altogether.”
Verb
▲
To shorten in length or extent
abridge
abbreviate
condense
shorten
cut
reduce
truncate
clip
trim
crop
contract
prune
pare down
cut back
shrink
curtail
dock
compress
chop
shear
pare
slash
cut short
mow
cut off
decrease
diminish
lessen
snip
elide
downsize
constrict
hack
syncopate
narrow
slice
lop
concentrate
restrict
scythe
telescope
epitomize
US
boil down
stop short
take out
cut out
limit
remove
epitomise
UK
sever
detach
hew
excise
axe
UK
chop off
ax
US
eliminate
amputate
slice off
saw
sickle
paraphrase
put in a nutshell
make simpler
put in words of one syllable
summarise
UK
summarize
US
simplify
reap
foreshorten
slim
slim down
deflate
lop off
whittle down
round down
shave
waste away
tighten
more ❯
“You have to
cut down
your article to a couple of hundred words.”
Verb
▲
To kill or take the life of
kill
slaughter
assassinate
slay
massacre
dispatch
fell
clear
lop
strike down
murder
butcher
execute
exterminate
eliminate
put to death
liquidate
annihilate
mow down
terminate
destroy
waste
wipe out
do in
smoke
take out
rub out
eradicate
ice
off
whack
top
stiff
bump off
knock off
blow away
finish off
do away with
do to death
shoot down
croak
decimate
erase
polish off
take the life of
end the life of
scrag
cut to pieces
neutralize
US
snuff
dispose of
neutralise
UK
put away
get
make away with
cause the death of
do for
put down
extirpate
put to sleep
zap
snuff out
put to the sword
get rid of
obliterate
hit
finish
put an end to
give someone the works
carry off
down
take someone's life
terminate with extreme prejudice
wax
silence
remove
abolish
cancel
vaporize
US
vaporise
UK
extinguish
blackball
nix
guillotine
send to the gas chambers
stamp out
grease
blot out
kill off
lynch
claim
take
immolate
deep-six
end
put end to
mutilate
take care of
stretch out
wipe off the face of the earth
gun down
mass murder
depopulate
expunge
sweep away
blow someone's brains out
efface
ethnically cleanse
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
wipe from the face of the earth
hang
suffocate
garrotte
UK
smite
sacrifice
crucify
asphyxiate
strangle
garrote
US
ruin
wreck
demolish
devastate
smash
total
raze
shatter
desolate
pulverize
US
wrack
cream
tear down
commit genocide
nuke
ravage
pulverise
UK
pull down
put paid to
lay waste
cut a swath through
wreak havoc on
purge
shoot
dust off
chill
cool
quash
dust
behead
decapitate
electrocute
euthanize
nullify
put out of its misery
neck
stab
blast
quell
kill in cold blood
kill in the name of
murk
put a stop to
put someone out of their misery
do
knife
smother
garotte
defeat
cause to die
bowstring
fry
ax
US
abort
overturn
axe
UK
annul
overthrow
bring down
gas
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
take off
take a life
bring to an end
wipe off the map
cost
send to the chair
stone to death
send to the gas chamber
put before a firing squad
send to the gibbet
carry out a sentence of death on
string up
send to the electric chair
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
cause the loss of
result in the loss of
wipe
delete
excise
wipe off
scrub out
negate
disannul
dissolve
gut
incapacitate
account for
remove all traces of
clear up
mop up
put out of action
make an end of
deal with
more ❯
“Candler, unarmed, found himself facing a huge Tibetan swordsman who would brutally
cut
him
down
with a succession of blows.”
Verb
▲
To prepare a summary of something
summarise
UK
summarize
US
encapsulate
epitomise
UK
epitomize
US
outline
recap
recapitulate
abridge
abstract
condense
digest
review
sum up
synopsize
brief
precis
reprise
cypher
UK
cipher
US
compile
cut
inventory
pare
précis
prune
rehash
retrograde
shorten
skim
snip
sum
summate
trim
boil down
put in a nutshell
wrap up
cut back
give an outline of
give a rundown of
give a summary of
go over
make a summary of
run down
run through
get to the meat
give an abstract of
give a precis of
give a synopsis of
give main points
give the main points of
give the gist of
reduce
abbreviate
truncate
capsule
curtail
compress
distill
US
distil
UK
edit
chop
minify
blue pencil
telescope
compact
decrease
contract
nutshell
capsulize
cut to bone
cut short
make a outline of
make a résumé of
write a summary of
sketch
give a digest of
clip
narrow
concentrate
shrink
crop
consolidate
constrict
sum-up
wrap-up
downsize
make a long story short
limit
express
record
capture
describe
delineate
examine
draft
US
indicate
characterize
US
conclude
adumbrate
estimate
close
total
draught
UK
characterise
UK
touch on
size up
give a summing-up
review the evidence
summarize the argument
summarize the evidence
give a rough idea of
skeletonize
give a quick rundown on
make an outline of
skeleton
give a rough idea
lay out
tell about
give a thumbnail sketch of
get the measure of
restate
reiterate
repeat
rephrase
reword
recount
paraphrase
replay
list
enumerate
run over
state again
run through again
go over again
go over same ground
go the same round
more ❯
Verb
▲
To restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
be on a diet
slim
reduce
diet
watch your weight
count calories
cut back
watch what you eat
watch your waistline
Verb
▲
To shoot someone or something with a gun
zap
shoot
blast
plug
pot
pump
bag
fell
hit
smoke
blow away
gun down
mow down
open fire on
pick off
shoot down
put a bullet in
pump full of lead
let someone have it
execute
murder
kill
assassinate
slay
put before a firing squad
bring down
fire
shell
bombard
gun
pop
let fly
blaze away
open fire
open fire at
blast away
blaze
discharge
fire away
shoot away
snipe
drill
fire at
snipe at
fire on
let go with
let fly at
pull the trigger
Verb
▲
(
slang
)
To negatively criticize
harsh
criticise
UK
criticize
US
bash
disparage
diss
knock
slam
blast
castigate
chastise
chide
crucify
denigrate
denunciate
deprecate
flame
malign
pan
reprimand
rip
savage
scathe
clobber
hammer
lambaste
pillory
rap
roast
skewer
slag
slate
sledge
slug
zap
bag
rubbish
find fault
have a go at
jump on
pick to pieces
nag at
attack
vilify
trash
excoriate
besmirch
fault
slur
dis
inveigh against
pick at
find fault with
run down
take down
fulminate against
rail against
come down on
give a bad press to
pull to pieces
dress down
pour scorn on
nit-pick
slag off
bad-mouth
pull apart
put down
cast aspersions on
nitpick about
tear into
lace into
pick holes in
lay into
nitpick
judge
nitpick over
do down
pass judgment
scoff at
get at
tear to shreds
throw shade
find lacking
throw shade at
censure
condemn
denounce
arraign
maul
reprehend
fustigate
pummel
US
carp
reprobate
monster
lash
decry
dispraise
blame
objurgate
rate
reprove
slash
scorch
derogate
asperse
complain about
give some stick to
trim
pummelled
UK
inveigh
disapprove of
bag on
skin
throw brickbats at
animadvert on
skin alive
cut to bits
hit
give bad press
cut up
hit out at
fluff
carp at
slog
blister
give flak to
do a number on
vituperate against
cavil at
pass strictures upon
give the business
berate
rebuke
scold
reproach
upbraid
admonish
carpet
chew out
revile
lecture
take to task
bawl out
abuse
haul over the coals
vituperate
lambast
flay
tell off
ream out
rag
read the riot act
keelhaul
pitch into
call down
give a rocket
tear off a strip
give someone a roasting
give someone a dressing-down
remonstrate with
let someone have it
give someone a rollicking
tick off
bollock
give someone hell
rant at
rail at
give a talking-to
rap over the knuckles
baste
tongue-lash
give someone a telling-off
give someone a bollocking
give someone an earful
jaw
pull up
give someone what for
belittle
give someone a mouthful
wig
assail
score
give someone a wigging
give someone a rating
impugn
defame
belabor
US
row
give someone a row
belabour
UK
give someone a caning
discredit
depreciate
slap down
blow up
take to pieces
give someone some stick
potshot
vilipend
harangue
diminish
discount
smear
ridicule
deride
send someone away with a flea in their ear
minimize
US
rail
dismiss
slander
rake over the coals
ream
talk down
slight
minimise
UK
nag
do a hatchet job on
put on the mat
trash-talk
scorn
cry down
dump on
insult
cane
chasten
poor-mouth
play down
take apart
speak ill of
tear a strip off
calumniate
execrate
shoot down
traduce
light into
slap on the wrist
detract from
write off
drag through the mud
yell at
kiss off
stigmatize
US
jump down one's throat
deplore
stigmatise
UK
downgrade
rip into
cavil
blow up at
libel
rollick
fulminate
undervalue
underrate
disapprove
anathematize
detract
animadvert
object
remonstrate
oppose
take issue with
mock
contemn
tear down
call on the carpet
slap someone's wrist
expostulate
give someone a bad press
declaim
tear to pieces
trivialize
US
underestimate
express disapproval of
criticize severely
speak evil of
lay down the law
downplay
demean
throw mud at
kick up a stink about
disgrace
take down a peg
go on at
exprobate
challenge
dispute
opprobriate
marginalize
US
recriminate
come down hard on
deflate
marginalise
UK
trivialise
UK
check
pooh-pooh
protest against
rant
rage
argue against
thunder
lash out at
rave at
object to
speak badly of
lampoon
take exception to
blacken the name of
curse
make a fuss about
kick up a fuss about
protest
sound off
proscribe
give a piece of one's mind
take to the woodshed
accuse
punish
degrade
minify
lower
kick
mudsling
misprize
discommend
gripe about
reject
discipline
complain
discountenance
remonstrate against
argue
lesson
sail into
caution
go for the jugular
monish
shout at
give something a battering
give something a bad press
make light of
bite someone's head off
moan about
grouse about
sneer at
quibble about
treat lightly
call to account
take issue
beef about
hold cheap
talk to
raise objections to
tear apart
draw the line
take a stand against
call over the coals
climb all over
bring to book
question
storm
backbite
fume
taunt
blacken
vociferate
scourge
demur
lash out
shellac
whip
ostracize
US
argue with
impeach
ostracise
UK
speak out
disdain
express a poor opinion of
understate
demonize
US
controvert
demonise
UK
cast a slur on
disesteem
rake
badmouth
make a stand
except
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
objurate
spurn
jawbone
expostulate about
jeer at
take on
call out
let fly
downcry
preach
carp about
whine about
get angry with
take exception
gripe
snap someone's head off
bring into disrepute
criticize strongly
give a bad name
humiliate
grouch about
go on about
mouth off about
oppose strongly
trounce
rant about
animadvert upon
bellyache about
whinge about
declaim against
dissent
spread lies about
throw the book at
give a black eye
lash into
sound off about
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
sully the reputation of
lay out
blacken the reputation of
be in opposition to
take a swipe at
conduct a smear campaign against
frown upon
laugh at
rag on
complain vociferously about
jump down someone's throat
go after
get after
laugh off
give a going over
tell a thing or two
strongly criticize
be hostile to
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
speak out against
lose one's temper with
wade into
pooh pooh
speak to
let fly at
lam into
jump all over
cut down to size
lean on
reprimand severely
persecute
oppress
refute
hose
satirize
US
give a rough time
satirise
UK
assault verbally
beat
brand
demote
disagree with
heap
pile in
attask
start on
start in
exprobrate
ferule
chew off
devalue
prosecute
bring under fire
cudgel
slap
strike
take
warn
smother
review unfavorably
visit
threap
indict
jeer
adjure
correct
advise
counsel
harass
show someone up
jump on one's case
destroy
sully
sneer
expose to ridicule
earbash
protest strongly
blacken someone's reputation
disregard
rebut
scream at
explode
zing
negate
speak
twit
rebuff
incriminate
hold up to shame
accost
moralise
UK
moralize
US
devaluate
cheapen
lessen
compromise
fry
yelp
yap
bawl
tar
round on
chew
squash
charge
not support
slang
make a protest
squelch
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
dig into
put hooks in
take a dig at
have words with
snipe
have words
tax
lay on
give comeuppance
misrepresent
crush
criticize harshly
have someone on the carpet
keep after
give a hard time
get on
burn one's ears
show up
charge with
weigh into
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
give someone bondi
make fun of
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
carp on
mark down
snipe at
take swipe at
mete out punishment to
make an example of
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
give one hell
cuss out
call to task
point the finger
mortify
shame
snub
comment negatively
spout
be hard on
teach a lesson
pick on
deliver a tirade to
express strong disapproval of
set upon
rap knuckles
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
have at
work over
crack down on
rip to shreds
cast aspersions
give a tongue-lashing
give the devil
back-bite
gossip about
sound off to
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
frame
swipe at
backstab
pronounce
name
adjudge
keep nothing back
mess with
erupt with anger
cut to shreds
thumb nose at
sort out
be against
poor mouth
shoot full of holes
hit out
sour grapes
cut to the quick
look askance
pick apart
query
speak of with disfavour
think badly of
be unkind about
express disapprobation
blacken the character of
have a pop at
sling mud at
express disapprobation of
stick it to
be critical of
be malicious about
contest
declare unfit
debase
send up
put away
injure one's reputation
damage one's good name
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
object strongly to
send up the river
hold someone to blame
complain to
contradict
dig
jinx
hold accountable
hold responsible
humble
debate
raise objections
rave
huff
rage against
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
express objections
rant and rave
protest strongly at
grouse
express disagreement
mind
lodge a protest
express objections to
express disapproval
grumble
be in opposition
moan
quibble
thunder against
oppugn
beef
have a problem
make a fuss
quarrel with
disagree violently with
take a stand
vociferate about
remonstrate about
call into question
kvetch
grumble about
have a problem with
swear at
make a protest against
kick against
make a stand against
put up a fight against
complain bitterly about
kick up
take great exception to
rip up
look down on
sell short
make an objection
kick up a fuss
tangle with
be displeased
crab
baulk
UK
kick up a stink
balk
US
cross
disavow
make a stink
go-one-on-one
raise objection
frown on
disagree
kvetch about
beg to differ
draw the line at
mix it up with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make oneself physically thinner
lose weight
slim
diet
fast
slim down
watch your weight
go on a diet
count the calories
skinny down
be on a diet
abstain
eat sparingly
follow a diet
starve
slenderize
eat selectively
go without
cut back
count calories
reduce intake
get thinner
macerate
emaciate
shape up
get into shape
melt off
shed pounds
waste away
get fit
tone up
taper
narrow
reduce
lose some inches
shed some pounds
lose some pounds
Verb
▲
To physically bring to the ground
bring down
drop
fell
deck
floor
level
lower
knock down
prostrate
tumble
knock over
pull down
mow down
throw down
lay low
shoot down
KO
topple
strike down
flatten
knock to the ground
bowl down
ground
bring to the ground
down
bowl over
knock out
throw to the ground
put down
fall
hew
raze
blow down
cause to fall
saw down
clear
chop
chop down
blast
tear down
clear-cut
hack down
clear-fell
throw
rugby-tackle
upset
tip over
lay out
catch off balance
mow
overturn
upend
spill
run down
run over
trip
tackle
overthrow
capsize
pick off
knock into the middle of next week
take out
knock for six
knock unconscious
overpower
overcome
shove
unbalance
push over
trip up
set down
hurl to the ground
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring shame or discredit to
mortify
disgrace
shame
degrade
debase
stain
taint
defame
discredit
dishonour
UK
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
sully
abase
besmirch
smirch
tarnish
belittle
blacken
chasten
cheapen
demean
dishonor
US
foul
lower
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
besmear
disparage
smear
bemean
defile
desecrate
diminish
downgrade
slur
snub
take down
bring down
bring low
cast down
lower the status of
shoot down
tear down
bastardize
US
devalue
profane
dehumanize
US
bastardise
UK
dehumanise
UK
cut down to size
run down
take down a peg
bring shame to
humble
humiliate
denigrate
corrupt
pervert
vitiate
deprave
warp
poison
subvert
debauch
deteriorate
prostitute
lessen
demoralize
US
canker
reduce
brutalize
US
injure
derogate
demoralise
UK
brutalise
UK
put down
pollute
contaminate
spoil
ruin
adulterate
undermine
violate
depreciate
abuse
despoil
befoul
blemish
impair
damage
bestialize
sink
infect
mar
blaspheme
soil
deface
dilute
trash
tar
drag down
demote
lead astray
distort
weaken
harm
destroy
make degenerate
devaluate
vandalize
US
outrage
alloy
vandalise
UK
treat with disrespect
break
mark down
blight
ravage
decrease
vulgarize
US
vulgarise
UK
waste
attenuate
degenerate
worsen
reduce in value
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
commit sacrilege
depress
treat sacrilegiously
mess up
reduce in quality
drag through the mud
reduce the status of
manipulate
tamper with
stoop
descend
twist
water down
hurt
mongrelize
seduce
bend
skew
dumb down
denature
crawl
deform
disfigure
subjugate
brand
colour
UK
bias
disrupt
prejudice
darken
pillage
pull down
turn
dirty
give a bad name
jaundice
embitter
sour
cast a slur
depredate
sack
color
US
devastate
unhallow
influence
unsettle
betray
discolor
US
misuse
spoliate
go bad
maculate
lower in rank
cripple
go to hell
dump on
trample on
live in the gutter
lower in status
discolour
UK
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
desolate
embarrass
debilitate
do wrong
muck up
abash
relegate
scuzz up
make foul
insult
minimize
US
devalorize
ridicule
set a bad example
sabotage
alter
blaspheme against
declass
dismiss
cut
lace
falsify
commit sacrilege against
lay waste to
undervalue
minify
bump
set back
revert
put to shame
putrefy
cook
doctor
minimise
UK
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
bust
deflate
drop
discount
make someone eat humble pie
crush
axe
UK
slash
get one's comeuppance
disrate
slow
ax
US
dip
interfere with
nosedive
keep down
fiddle with
tinker with
make impure
write down
write off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
abuse
insult
castigate
denigrate
disparage
excoriate
vituperate
berate
lambast
lambaste
trash
assail
belittle
blast
curse
malign
rebuke
reproach
savage
scathe
slight
taunt
vilify
attack
bash
belabour
UK
belabor
US
nag
offend
potshot
revile
scold
slam
decry
defame
discount
diss
impugn
libel
minimise
UK
minimize
US
slander
slate
slur
smear
upbraid
derogate
oppress
persecute
reprove
backbite
calumniate
flame
hose
injure
knock
miscall
ride
slang
traduce
zing
bad-mouth
inveigh against
jump on
put down
be rude to
blow off
call names
cuss out
cut to the quick
do a number on
shout at
slag off
swear at
vituperate against
dump on
cast aspersions on
trash-talk
give a black eye
criticize
US
censure
criticise
UK
condemn
pan
rubbish
have a go at
tear into
roast
denounce
hammer
lay into
asperse
run down
chastise
pummel
US
monster
flay
deprecate
reprimand
chew out
pummelled
UK
pillory
bawl out
carpet
rail against
pull apart
bag
find fault with
chide
reprehend
vilipend
rate
dis
discredit
objurgate
admonish
blame
crucify
depreciate
skewer
take to task
do a hatchet job on
dress down
pull to pieces
take to pieces
fulminate against
haul over the coals
tongue-lash
diminish
talk down
reprobate
slash
dismiss
hit out at
lecture
blister
ream out
pick holes in
pour scorn on
cry down
rap
speak ill of
give a rocket
tear off a strip
drag through the mud
lash
tell off
cut up
ridicule
scorn
deride
rail at
rant at
read the riot act
poor-mouth
throw brickbats at
give someone a roasting
rail
jaw
detract from
harangue
mock
remonstrate with
lace into
baste
give someone hell
play down
rag
score
rap over the knuckles
call down
keelhaul
write off
give someone a rollicking
let someone have it
contemn
kiss off
scorch
shoot down
bollock
pitch into
undervalue
tear a strip off
give someone a dressing-down
underrate
throw mud at
tear down
speak badly of
downgrade
sail into
dispraise
tick off
fulminate
give a talking-to
give someone a bollocking
scoff at
carp at
sledge
sneer at
underestimate
besmirch
maul
detract
ream
degrade
cavil
wig
marginalize
US
trim
row
light into
take apart
rip into
marginalise
UK
give someone a bad press
pick to pieces
cane
disapprove of
pooh-pooh
pull up
jump down one's throat
speak evil of
cavil at
rake over the coals
give a bad press to
blacken the name of
do down
come down on
give someone a mouthful
give someone a telling-off
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
criticize severely
give someone some stick
give someone an earful
give someone a row
give someone a rating
rollick
trivialize
US
downplay
carp
slap
stigmatize
US
disgrace
minify
lower
misprize
accuse
deflate
stigmatise
UK
scandalize
US
go for the jugular
yell at
trivialise
UK
laugh at
scandalise
UK
tear to pieces
make light of
give a bad name
animadvert on
hold cheap
spread lies about
treat lightly
sully the reputation of
slap down
give someone a caning
send someone away with a flea in their ear
put on the mat
sling mud at
outrage
provoke
tease
lampoon
wound
annoy
hurt
arraign
demean
scourge
affront
lash out
blacken
mortify
exprobate
devalue
disrespect
upset
debase
fault
rant
opprobriate
humiliate
discipline
chasten
execrate
recriminate
inveigh
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
mudsling
animadvert
disdain
tie into
complain
bite someone's head off
let fly
beat up on
expostulate
lash into
whip
objurate
find fault
cheapen
bring into disrepute
nitpick about
hurl insults at
jeer at
give flak to
lay down the law
jump down someone's throat
give comeuppance
bag on
give some stick to
blacken the reputation of
slap someone's wrist
lose one's temper with
laugh off
slap on the wrist
take down a peg
take a swipe at
give something a battering
blacken the character of
conduct a smear campaign against
rip up
cut down to size
lay out
lash out at
express disapproval of
refute
take
fustigate
argue with
assault verbally
satirize
US
disagree with
pile in
satirise
UK
start on
start in
rave at
slag
take on
denunciate
skin
scream at
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
threap
caution
sneer
round on
devaluate
lessen
compromise
shellac
beat
check
explode
call over the coals
rake
give a tongue-lashing
drub
put hooks in
call on the carpet
twit
lesson
jawbone
preach
scarify
destroy
declaim
poormouth
put away
knock off high horse
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
ostracize
US
ostracise
UK
lam into
set upon
understate
give something a bad press
weigh into
give someone bondi
tear apart
squash
rib
bait
rip
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
nit-pick
squelch
lay on
badmouth
aggravate
call to task
give the devil
point the finger
wade into
let fly at
rap knuckles
go on at
have someone on the carpet
give the business
blow up
bring to book
take to the woodshed
keep after
speak of with disfavour
be unkind about
have a pop at
be critical of
be malicious about
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
humble
crawl all over
burn someone's ears
discountenance
spurn
backstab
gossip
spite
look askance
get after
pick apart
poor mouth
pooh pooh
take down
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
storm
rage
deplore
pin your ears back
put someone on the griddle
anathematize
put someone on the hot seat
pass strictures upon
nag at
yelp
yap
bawl
hit
look down on
sell short
have at
sound off
work over
crack down on
go after
irritate
disoblige
abase
gird
jeer
scoff
blow up at
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lean on
give offence to
mark down
tear to shreds
snipe at
take swipe at
cause offence to
demonize
US
dig
jinx
demonise
UK
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
pique
vex
rile
growl
displease
thunder
irk
anger
disgruntle
needle
bother
rankle
disgust
distress
gall
vociferate
kick
protest
put out
put
fume
rag on
give a zinger
confront
put your back up
hit where one lives
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
give the cold shoulder
challenge
bark at
object
hurl insults
give offense
attack somebody's dignity
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
take issue with
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
declaim against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
shame
smirch
sully
tarnish
stain
taint
drag through the mire
besmear
defile
reduce
fling mud at
blot
damage
soil
bring discredit to
cast a slur on
bring shame upon
muckrake
spread scandal about
spot
sink
befoul
reflect badly on
foul
bring shame on
spoil
disregard
blotch
despise
breathe on
run smear campaign
rip up and down
tar and feather
snub
gibe
disapprove
make fun of
judge
poke fun at
cast down
misrepresent
caricature
disesteem
burlesque
embarrass
tell lies about
pick at
treat with contempt
sniff at
brush aside
bring down
find lacking
nitpick over
look down one's nose at
flout
underemphasize
reject
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
de-emphasize
undermine
poison
gloss over
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
jibe at
sneeze at
sully someone's reputation
hold in contempt
set little store by
hold up to ridicule
rate too low
do an injustice to
drag someone's name through the mud
not do justice to
turn your nose up at
lower the status of
downcry
belie
oppose
villainize
nitpick
ignore
clobber
abhor
slug
zap
jibe
travesty
prostitute
torment
prejudice
scout
blemish
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
back-bite
dehumanize
US
send up
sling mud
put in a bad light
dehumanise
UK
show up
quip at
rank out
brush off
shrug off
desecrate
get at
write false reports about
give Bronx cheer
spread tales about
mark wrong
regard with contempt
take the mickey
drag name through mud
turn up one's nose
look down upon
think too little of
set no store by
pass judgment
argue against
drag someone's name through the mire
heap scorn on
be wrong about
take exception to
bring shame to
take the piss out of
bring low
demote
label
crush
harsh
comment negatively
question
hoot
mistrust
repudiate
gossip about
underprice
condescend
blackguard
ruin
get angry with
make little of
slog
fluff
misbid
misrespect
snipe
bring under fire
bemean
deign
take a dig at
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
cast a slur upon
talk trash
bastardize
US
lie about
animadvert upon
think little of
drag through mud
cast slur on
discommend
negate
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
not do justice
knock off
write down
treat contemptuously
make jokes about
hate
throw shade at
cut to bits
attaint
own
disvalue
not support
lower someone's dignity
lower someone's status
skin alive
give bad press
fleer
laugh
jest
swipe
dump
snigger
crack
rally
betray
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
mess with
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
cause to lose face
lose face
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
proscribe
frame
punish
pronounce
name
adjudge
drag down
sell out
be hostile to
thumb one's nose
expose
knock down
be untrue to oneself
beat down
bastardise
UK
profane
abandon one's principles
defy
high-hat
snoot
strumpet
blaspheme
plaster
kid
jive
abominate
be contemptuous about
be allergic to
show contempt for
turn up one's nose at
chaff
declare unfit
shun
razz
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
disobey
fail
quiz
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
blacken someone's character
tarnish someone's name
taint someone's name
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
soil someone's name
banter
bellyache about
moan about
grouse about
whine about
gripe about
grouch about
quibble about
carp about
whinge about
beef about
sound off about
cock a snook
disown
discard
disclaim
show in a bad light
misjudge
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
gibe at
mimic
underween
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
speak out
protest strongly
imitate
defame someone's character
have a crack at
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
curl your lip at
be contemptuous of
lout
tell someone to get lost
have no use for
have contempt for
refuse to acknowledge
do
demur
hold in disdain
frown on
look down at
impersonate
make a stand
rant about
make a protest
ape
except
give the cold shoulder to
sweep aside
give someone the brush-off
cold-shoulder
cast aside
look right through someone
argue
spoof
poke mullock at
mouth off about
go on about
make sport of
copy
take for granted
mime
flout at
cock a snook at
distort
pervert
gripe
dissent
dispute
exaggerate
object strongly to
take exception
lodge a protest against
protest against
take issue
frown upon
express disagreement with
parody
put on
take off
do a takeoff of
do a twist on
do an impression of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slow
retard
delay
restrict
check
detain
hinder
curb
handicap
decelerate
impede
restrain
stunt
temper
curtail
hold back
hold up
inhibit
limit
obstruct
reduce
set back
slacken
stall
abate
decrease
diminish
hamper
keep back
lag
lessen
mire
moderate
regulate
retardate
stay
choke
embog
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
qualify
quiet
reef
interfere with
rein in
anchor it
back-water
bog down
cut back
keep waiting
lose speed
lose steam
put the brakes on
slow down
wind down
hit the brakes
let down flaps
get in the way of
block
encumber
trammel
stymie
hamstring
cramp
thwart
arrest
stop
fetter
shackle
hobble
cumber
clog
bar
slow up
frustrate
prevent
handcuff
suppress
halt
cut off
brake
constrain
interrupt
bridle
control
stem
dam
stonewall
repress
manacle
hog-tie
foil
baulk
UK
hang up
derail
embarrass
stand in the way of
contain
tie
balk
US
deter
disrupt
cripple
shut off
close off
stifle
short-circuit
tie up
put a brake on
throw a spanner in the works
confine
prohibit
crimp
staunch
choke off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
stanch
sabotage
bork
sandbag
forbid
interdict
shut down
get in the way
forestall
plug
barricade
close
caulk
soften
blockade
smother
oppose
stopper
baffle
close out
circumscribe
clog up
constrict
scupper
block out
close up
stop up
shelve
suspend
defer
interfere
hold
block up
choke up
withhold
faze
preclude
block off
debar
plug up
put off
tie down
put an end to
dissuade from
put back
take down
back off
let up
bring to screeching halt
hold down
weigh down
cramp one's style
contravene
give a hard time
cramp someone's style
saddle with
counteract
straitjacket
straiten
sidetrack
seal
jam
fill up
fill
cap
discontinue
subdue
pack
jam up
intercept
stuff
hold off
bung up
pause
protract
delimit
freeze
discomfit
rattle
stand off
peter out
shut out
occlude
bung
deliver a blow to
step down
remit
prorogue
bind
entangle
chain
disconcert
inconvenience
disadvantage
overload
intermit
prolong
tie someone's hands
incommode
bottle
muzzle
gag
congest
set limits on
impose limits on
oppress
bother
charge
discommode
crab
stave off
make late
hold off on
hold over
throttle
obscure
screen
foul up
screw up
complicate
subvert
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
make difficult
disempower
monkey with
reduce speed
destabilize
US
shake
slack
attenuate
demoralize
US
ease up
emasculate
sap
slam on the anchors
put on the brakes
slam on the brakes
demoralise
UK
destabilise
UK
undermine
botch
challenge
withstand
resist
put the kibosh on
bog
drag through the mud
dampen
become slower
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
dull
poke full of holes
bring to a standstill
cushion
get slower
damp
avert
depress
absorb
impair
outlaw
enjoin
ward
make slower
reduce in speed
buffer
blanket
deaden
hold in
tone down
damp down
put on brakes
stem the flow of
keep in
circumvent
defeat
counter
put a stop to
scotch
spoil
ward off
stump
nullify
ruin
nip in the bud
snooker
govern
head off
beat
neutralize
US
keep
neutralise
UK
avoid
choke back
keep in check
fight back
defend against
dash
tame
burden
peg
negate
put paid to
evade
bottle up
keep under control
circumnavigate
be a hindrance to
sidestep
skirt
do for
bite back
hem in
steer clear of
keep lid on
keep within bounds
keep a tight rein on
keep the lid on
weaken
muffle
checkmate
swallow
leash
bottleneck
terminate
fix
entrammel
discourage
cease
measure
rule
upset
outwit
cut short
pull in
overturn
put the lid on
put on hold
give the run around
quash
drag your feet
set
stultify
keep a lid on
forfend
put at a disadvantage
obviate
place at a disadvantage
put the stopper on
box in
put a limit on
cancel
bilk
annul
offset
buck
rule out
cork up
fend off
button up
tie-up
get out of
suffocate
debilitate
clot
catch
cause to wait
cause to stay
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
escape
bypass
snag
deny
tether
sideline
put straitjacket on
shut in
throw monkey wrench in
put a crimp in
affect
disturb
deflect
devitalize
tamper
influence
prevent from making progress
refuse
lay off
confuse
trouble
conflict
wreck
ditch
take wind out of
crash
juke
unsettle
get bogged down
tie one's hands
give disadvantage
take out
put out of commission
exclude
strangulate
crush
deflate
louse up
pick off
strangle
put on ice
overcome
constipate
demarcate
indispose
divert
discipline
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
put the brakes on
take out of play
rein
disqualify
disappoint
bound
banjax
stave
anticipate
squelch
crool
lick
estop
end
keep down
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
confound
keep at bay
turn aside
keep off
quit
repulse
rebuff
wrong
cool down
cool off
turn off
throw cold water on
puzzle
specify
demark
prescribe
put a lid on
nonplus
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
make impossible
keep tight rein on
upset the applecart
pour cold water on
put a damper on
mystify
delimitate
define
girdle
cork
dash one's hope
flummox
treat harshly
bring to an end
bring to a stop
slacken pace
make impracticable
pigeonhole
corner
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
bring to a halt
place a limit on
hold in check
keep within limits
draw the line on
mark off
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
stamp out
clamp down on
crack down on
dead-end
hang fire
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
cut
shorten
trim
truncate
abridge
abbreviate
shrink
contract
dock
clip
slash
downsize
crop
lop
chop
elide
syncopate
retrench
minify
break off
pare down
boil down
tighten up
slim down
roll back
put a restriction on
rein back
more ❯
Verb
▲
To render comprehensible or understandable
make easy
simplify
clarify
demystify
unriddle
construe
elucidate
explicate
expound
illustrate
demonstrate
explain
illuminate
abridge
reduce
unscramble
clear up
boil down
break down
clean up
lay out
make clear
make easier
make plain
make straightforward
spell out
break it down
cut the frills
get down to basics
get to the meat
put in a nutshell
make perfectly clear
reduce to the bare bones
let daylight in
get across
make more intelligible
dumb down
make easy to understand
analyse
UK
let sunlight in
draw a picture
disinvolve
make more comprehensible
make easier to understand
clean it up
popularise
UK
hit the high spots
make more accessible
put one straight
interpret
analyze
US
popularize
US
make intelligible
decipher
make simpler
unravel
untangle
describe
define
reveal
unfold
delineate
enlighten
resolve
shed light on
sort out
throw light on
detail
disclose
straighten out
point out
put across
go into detail
show
characterize
US
decode
translate
tell
characterise
UK
expose
give the details of
flesh out
run over
specify
explicitize
US
explicitise
UK
uncover
draw a picture of
work out
expand
exemplify
solve
develop
edify
enucleate
settle
clear
formulate
gloss
annotate
highlight
illumine
educate
give an explanation of
diagram
comment on
instruct
make explicit
puzzle out
explain in detail
uncomplicate
put in plain English
disentangle
cast light on
get to the bottom of
figure out
give insight
make obvious
make simple
clear the air about
get something straight
clear the air
give insight into
render
disembroil
rationalize
US
inform
express
rationalise
UK
put in the picture
summarize
US
emphasize
US
explain in simple terms
justify
clue in
draw a map of
fill someone in
throw light upon
lay bare
exhibit
guide
put into words
defog
express in words
paint a picture
report
discuss
communicate
declare
put in plain words
spell it out
brief
shed light
teach
set the scene
enunciate
summarise
UK
proclaim
allegorize
emphasise
UK
mark
expatiate
bring home
sum up
amplify
get over
show and tell
point up
dilate
criticize
US
appraise
criticise
UK
crack
run down
give the big picture
enlarge upon
put into plain English
tell why
answer
prove
shed
fathom
understand
piece together
remove the complexities from
make head or tail of
find an answer to
suss out
make plainer
find the key to
streamline
find the answer to
decomplicate
find the solution to
find a solution to
straighten up
make see daylight
expound on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scorn
slight
insult
offend
affront
outrage
wound
dis
diss
disrespect
ridicule
mock
disparage
slap
deride
scorn
belittle
slur
contemn
pillory
rag
despise
discount
put down
scoff at
treat with contempt
pooh-pooh
jibe at
sneer at
make fun of
poke fun at
rag on
make jokes about
treat contemptuously
disdain
taunt
upset
annoy
sniff at
scoff
snub
jeer
dump on
look down on
hurt
denigrate
mortify
gibe
snoot
high-hat
distress
vex
displease
jeer at
sneer
look down upon
spurn
gird
pan
disoblige
provoke
give offence to
hurt somebody's feelings
laugh at
cut to the quick
bother
irritate
revile
pain
tease
roast
twit
pique
gall
sting
anger
irk
humiliate
shock
disgruntle
disregard
lampoon
disturb
needle
torment
slam
flout
detract
pour scorn on
sneeze at
hold in contempt
put your back up
thumb nose at
hold up to ridicule
aggravate
malign
discredit
hate
slander
asperse
grieve
impugn
abuse
sadden
trouble
undervalue
disgust
dismiss
scout
exasperate
rile
miff
sledge
injure
aggrieve
satirize
US
reject
peeve
bug
nettle
knock
jibe
put out
horrify
bad-mouth
walk over
jar
fret
underrate
slag off
satirise
UK
show contempt for
cast aspersions on
treat disrespectfully
tick off
throw shade
get to
turn off
cause offense
rank out
quip at
turn your nose up at
gibe at
heap scorn on
give Bronx cheer
look down one's nose at
cock a snook at
turn up one's nose
take the piss out of
turn up one's nose at
misbid
misrespect
abhor
misprize
quip
rankle
scandalize
US
put
make a fool of
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
abominate
regard with contempt
confront
criticise
UK
dispraise
criticize
US
scandalise
UK
jive
be allergic to
crack
rally
decry
fleer
laugh
caricature
snigger
jest
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
be contemptuous about
repudiate
rebuff
hit where one lives
wipe
ail
agonize
US
curl your lip at
make cutting remarks about
be contemptuous of
have a crack at
say contemptuously
take a swipe at
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
play down
plague
worry
depress
perplex
devastate
get
rib
repulse
afflict
sicken
repel
pester
faze
excruciate
nauseate
dog
discombobulate
disquiet
discommode
chafe
kid
make light of
hold up to scorn
wave aside
brush aside
make little of
express contempt
slam dunk
chaff
traumatize
US
razz
eat at
discomfit
cause anguish
cause suffering
agonise
UK
bleed
mourn
burn up
be hurtful to
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
discomfort
anguish
torture
crucify
quiz
traumatise
UK
banter
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
skewer
make miserable
ruffle
gnaw at
cause suffering to
shake up
tear to pieces
do in
hurt the feelings of
lout
vilify
feel contempt for
dismay
disconcert
agitate
nark
antagonize
US
rattle
spite
poke mullock at
make sport of
antagonise
UK
zing
embarrass
take the mickey
flout at
detract from
do a number on
shoot down
give offence
hack off
rub up the wrong way
tread on someone's toes
be disagreeable
rankle with
be an affront to
put someone's nose out of joint
be offensive
get your goat
libel
defame
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
calumniate
abase
miscall
derogate
slang
debase
blister
curse
degrade
cause offence to
be rude to
trash-talk
cut dead
call names
step on one's toes
infuriate
incense
enrage
gravel
roil
madden
ride
wind up
hassle
exacerbate
inflame
grate
get on your nerves
give someone the hump
rasp
harass
hump
get under your skin
goad
ire
gripe
get in your hair
appal
UK
hack you off
rub the wrong way
perturb
enflame
persecute
mad
frost
appall
US
rark
steam up
bum out
drive up the wall
get your back up
get on one's nerves
get across
get across someone
itch
bait
eat
tee off
get at
try your patience
stir up
make your blood boil
discompose
dissatisfy
revolt
embitter
niggle
gnaw
grill
acerbate
cross
drive crazy
drive mad
burn
wear on
raise hell
egg on
eat away at
rub you up the wrong way
make angry
make someone see red
rattle someone's cage
get on your wick
get your dander up
give someone the pip
make waves
get a rise out of
dishearten
cut
unnerve
rile up
try
prick
affect
move
excite
molest
harry
sour
give someone grief
disenchant
distemper
jangle
harrow
incite
nag
make cross
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
drive you up the wall
drive to distraction
drive bananas
get your hackles up
sear
wrong
abrade
start
work up
give a hard time
bristle
offend morals of
fester
obsess
empurple
fill with loathing
craze
boil
arouse
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
get someone
boil over
fire up
make indignant
whip up
cause offense to
send into a rage
blow up
grate on
pierce
work into lather
set on
set off
take a rise out of
make sore
lose one's temper
get up someone's nose
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
eat up
make wretched
cause anguish to
heckle
haze
guy
reproach
upbraid
dig
jab
twitter
bedevil
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
swipe at
set one's teeth on edge
stick in one's craw
disappoint
frustrate
discontent
disaffect
chagrin
misplease
play dirty
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be economical or frugal with
retrench
economise
UK
economize
US
save
budget
scrimp
conserve
curtail
reduce
trim
husband
be sparing
cut back
be frugal
be economical
cut corners
make cutbacks
save money
make economies
scrimp and save
make cuts
make savings
tighten your belt
reduce expenditure
draw in one's horns
husband your resources
skimp
pinch
stint
spare
be thrifty
scrimp and scrape
rake and scrape
be more economical
pinch pennies
manage
count the pennies
watch the pennies
keep within means
cut costs
make ends meet
use less
reduce wastage
pinch the pennies
decrease wastage
buy cheaply
stretch a dollar
cut expenditure
rein in
be on a shoestring
be prudent
meet a budget
scant
be economical with
economize on
save for a rainy day
use sparingly
be mingy with
be frugal with
be parsimonious with
run a tight ship
stint on
use economically
be tight with
be sparing with
go easy on
be stingy with
scrimp on
be careful with
be mean with
manage thriftily
be cheap
cut down on
store
stockpile
hoard
reserve
preserve
put by
put aside
limit
earmark
go easy
pull in one's horns
look after the pence
safeguard
stow
stash
retain
lay in
squirrel
regulate
secure
contain
hold back
mothball
stash away
sock away
put away
bottle
store up
squirrel away
control
keep intact
keep back
set aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
To damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wear
abrade
chafe
erode
rasp
rub
fray
gall
frazzle
fret
scrape
scratch
graze
corrade
corrode
scour
consume
grind
scuff
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
crumble
impair
use
decay
bother
fade
overuse
overwork
tax
undermine
weather
wear away
eat away
wear out
wear thin
become worn
wear down
wear through
bite into
eat away at
rub away
gnaw away
become threadbare
crumble away
grind away
rub down
wash away
waste away
gnaw away at
scrape off
use up
go to seed
excoriate
grate
tatter
file
gnaw
distress
eat
unravel
shred
tear
spoil
scrape away
grind down
become ragged
become tattered
come apart
skin
irritate
rot
bark
roughen
nibble
corrupt
devour
bite at
chip away
chip away at
raze
pinch
hurt
sand
burn
buff
rub against
rub raw
sandpaper
rub painfully
burnish
damage
peel
break down
eat into
make ragged
wear threadbare
drag
brush
rust
lacerate
oxidize
US
tarnish
destroy
undercut
wear to shreds
flay
oxidate
strip
rip
whittle away
decompose
ravel
triturate
erase
bite
canker
flake
oxidise
UK
wear off
rub off
go through
scrape out
burn into
burn through
go into holes
score
cut
etch
nick
shave
polish
pare
scrub
wound
mark
husk
hull
shuck
snick
smooth
decorticate
furbish
hone
incise
clean
gouge
gash
scarify
engrave
melt
scuff up
make a mark on
remove
notch
thin
chip
sear
shell
denude
rake
break the skin of
excorticate
scale
disintegrate
dent
clear
frot
peel away
scar
dissipate
exhaust
liquefy
shape
strip away
take off
refine
inflame
groove
key
scrawl on
finish
level
deface
blister
prick
scrabble
swab
run through
vaporize
US
ablate
vaporise
UK
grit
gnash
exfoliate
crunch
scrunch
wash
scrub down
cleanse
shine
wipe
mop
flush
purge
whiten
dight
pumice
buff up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being an abridged or shortened version of something
abridged
shortened
cut
edited
concise
abbreviated
brief
contracted
reduced
summarized
US
summary
curtailed
truncated
thumbnail
synoptic
potted
abstracted
condensed
compressed
bowdlerized
US
synopsized
precised
outline
expurgated
bowdlerised
UK
summarised
UK
bare-bones
succinct
compact
concentrated
short
encapsulated
cut-down
slimmed down
censored
clipped
diminished
lessened
trimmed
pruned
shrunk
shorter
cropped
digest
pared down
skeleton
stripped down
simplified
cut short
decreased
essential
lowered
lower
cheapened
slashed
discounted
marked down
cheaper
devalued
briefer
less
cheap
worse
discount
impaired
weakened
depreciated
depressed
attenuated
terse
rapid
pointed
little
quick
hurried
hasty
compendious
crisp
incisive
aphoristic
small
apothegmatic
ephemeral
unprolonged
sententious
epigrammatic
swift
compendiary
decurtate
sparing
precise
economical
laconic
breviloquent
abbreviate
curt
pithy
curtate
subtracted
bare
perfunctory
transient
boiled down
not protracted
economized
US
to the point
in few words
short and sweet
in a nutshell
cut to the bone
in a few well-chosen words
made smaller
economised
UK
more concise
more ❯
“This paper was actually a very
cut-down
summary of my doctoral thesis.”
Adjective
▲
In a simplified or basic form
basic
simplified
easy
condensed
shortened
abridged
brief
summary
summarized
US
reduced
truncated
abbreviated
summarised
UK
concise
succinct
compressed
compact
compendious
thumbnail
synoptic
contracted
potted
cut
curtailed
clipped
abstracted
shrunk
trimmed
pruned
pared down
edited down
cut short
outlined
cropped
shorter
edited
abstract
digest
synopsized
“Here is a
cut-down
explanation of string theory and why it works, sung acapella to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Adjective
▲
Elementary, simple or merely functional
basic
plain
simple
straightforward
unadorned
uncomplicated
ordinary
unpretentious
unsophisticated
adequate
rudimentary
spartan
undecorated
unfussy
unornamented
meager
US
meagre
UK
minimal
modest
undeveloped
unostentatious
bare-bones
unembellished
without frills
rough and ready
stripped down
stark
unvarnished
austere
unpatterned
measly
severe
bare
plain vanilla
uncluttered
restrained
clean
homely
unelaborate
workaday
homespun
spare
no-nonsense
penny plain
functional
clinical
bald
muted
everyday
Spartan
honest
understated
sparse
ascetic
no-frills
minimalist
chaste
naked
classic
down-to-earth
no frills
discreet
homey
practical
simplistic
minimum
essential
characterless
impersonal
bleak
colourless
UK
colorless
US
soulless
natural
antiseptic
patternless
utilitarian
unfurnished
raw
unpresumptuous
humble
wholesome
pure
fresh
bare bones
unrefined
uncomplex
inelaborate
acceptable
unassuming
hearty
without airs
conventional
minimalistic
moderate
conservative
unadulterated
subdued
lean
monastic
regular
barren
frugal
dry
stripped-down
generic
utility
reduced
institutional
peasant
inelegant
unpolished
unaffected
shallow
artless
rustic
skeleton
smallest possible
robust
realistic
pragmatic
oversimplified
distorted
hardheaded
pragmatical
frank
direct
matter-of-fact
earthy
hard-boiled
unidealistic
uninhibited
homestyle
without ornamentation
without ornament
plain-vanilla
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having suffered death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
doomed
ruined
finished
done
sunk
dead
lost
destroyed
kaput
kaputt
undone
done for
thrown down
toast
defeated
broken
dead in the water
in trouble
wrecked
in flames
over
washed-up
in ruins
on the rocks
in pieces
at an end
wiped out
in tatters
in shreds
up the creek without a paddle
in ashes
beaten
thwarted
dashed
down the drain
down for the count
down the tubes
devastated
shattered
bust
had it
all washed up
crushed
whacked
vanquished
pfft
gone
screwed
rekt
through
defunct
smashed
all gone
by the board
in dire straits
in hot water
in deep trouble
in serious trouble
ended
cooked
extinct
bankrupt
totaled
floored
exhausted
drained
spent
empty
liquidated
on the skids
out of circulation
burned out
belly-up
out of business
down and out
frustrated
foiled
over with
killed
past it
done in
played out
wound up
over the hill
gone to the wall
for it
dead and buried
in deep water
for the high jump
defective
malfunctioning
inoperative
inactive
inoperable
broken-down
busted
ineffective
useless
knackered
dud
duff
off
in disrepair
not working
gone phut
on the blink
in a state of disrepair
conked out
out of commission
out of order
consumed
depleted
used up
expended
dissipated
emptied
demolished
void
used
played-out
disbursed
thrown away
burnt out
having had enough of
fed up
in disarray
perished
vanished
effaced
eradicated
exterminated
died out
snuffed out
obliterated
bare
annihilated
extirpated
departed
squandered
impoverished
sapped
dry
destitute
past its best
no good
lapsed
deceased
extinguished
superseded
frittered
disappeared
abolished
vacant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Cheaper or lower in price
reduced
cheap
bargain
discounted
slashed
cut
lowered
cheapened
lower
economy
sale
cut-price
cut-rate
low-price
marked down
on sale
inexpensive
budget
bargain-basement
reasonable
economical
affordable
discount
low-cost
economic
dirt cheap
low-priced
giveaway
low
reasonably priced
bargainous
competitive
uncostly
rock-bottom
cheapo
cost-effective
undear
low-end
el cheapo
modest
cheapie
popularly priced
moderately priced
moderate
nominal
dime-store
on special offer
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