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▲
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
To reduce the impact, intensity or severity of something
To make or become less in amount or quantity
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
To reduce a person's worth or dignity, especially through shame
To decline or deteriorate in condition
To represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance
To cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
To stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of
To subtract or take away an amount from another
To belittle or express disapproval of
To neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite and equal force
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Verb
▲
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
diminish
decrease
moderate
abate
dwindle
ease
wane
decline
ebb
lower
subside
weaken
mitigate
recede
fall
shrink
alleviate
soften
fade
allay
temper
assuage
taper
drop
dull
relent
remit
slacken
deaden
attenuate
blunt
pall
mollify
check
plummet
palliate
lighten
dampen
relax
contract
flag
nosedive
quieten
dilute
drain
depress
cut
erode
impair
close
blur
thin
minify
desist
tame
clip
drop off
de-escalate
taper off
let up
fall away
peter out
tail off
die down
phase down
tone down
drain away
die out
ease off
die away
ratchet down
go down
grow less
waste away
drop away
wind down
take the edge off
grow smaller
become smaller
get less
die off
slow down
cut back
soft-pedal
take the sting out
take the bite out
roll back
come down
slack up
reduce
sink
relieve
soothe
calm
quell
subdue
fall off
slump
cool
depreciate
curb
plunge
cushion
damp
restrain
stifle
still
disappear
lull
dip
fade away
minimize
US
melt away
suppress
minimise
UK
quiet
evaporate
appease
modify
deteriorate
wither
curtail
help
vanish
downsize
settle
smother
crash
mute
tranquilize
US
come to an end
dive
tumble
muffle
decrement
descend
tranquillise
UK
extenuate
ease up
go downhill
slacken off
slake
slack off
placate
devaluate
deplete
downscale
lenify
decay
undermine
pacify
droop
wear away
stop
compose
trail off
fail
become less
dissipate
cool off
dissolve
quench
slow
numb
limit
trail
waste
damp down
qualify
take a nosedive
modulate
dim
degenerate
slack
calm down
crumble
wear down
dry up
dent
wear off
fizzle out
benumb
die
dispel
cease
shrivel
extinguish
degrade
devalue
knock down
repress
cheapen
deflate
sate
sap
languish
run low
control
quash
sweeten
run out
cut down
crater
rachet down
put a damper on
break
skid
fall steeply
loosen
fall sharply
ameliorate
settle down
cauterize
US
downgrade
fade out
constrict
give out
mellow
go away
overcome
cauterise
UK
grow faint
drop rapidly
squelch
regress
go into a tailspin
smooth
discount
hit the floor
banish
destroy
sag
bate
slide
wilt
disperse
slash
make less
satisfy
mark down
become weaker
grow dim
get lower
enervate
debilitate
narrow
restrict
go through the floor
trail away
take a dive
come to a halt
let up on
come to nothing
enfeeble
salve
disable
vitiate
dulcify
water down
release
cripple
adjust
disempower
disintegrate
loose
lapse
melt
comfort
terminate
collapse
go
devalorize
subjugate
decelerate
decimate
hush
contain
downturn
heal
slope
retrench
make less intense
put damper on
commute
chill out
obtund
rise above
finish
put the lid on
balm
gentle
cut off
choke off
get rid of
buffer
pare down
make weaker
defuse
dump
put an end to
put out a fire
pour oil on
throw cold water on
anesthetize
US
end
cure
clear
rebate
succor
US
do damage control
become weak
lose edge
narrow down
write down
pour cold water on
dampen down
write off
put a lid on
scale down
make smaller
succour
UK
quieten down
cave in
turn down
break down
become lower
break up
come to a stop
take a header
be reduced
tail away
level off
get smaller
take the heat off
shorten
prune
falter
regulate
chill
untighten
abase
atrophy
revise
diffuse
inhibit
rein
pipe down
address
improve
gutter
keep in check
disengage
grow weaker
minimalize
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
satiate
gratify
retrograde
faint
make reasonable
abbreviate
fix
excuse
silence
mask
lose ground
fix up
slip
take sting out
patch things up
axe
UK
play down
drop down
anaesthetize
UK
temperate
muddy up
retire
reduce the force of
ax
US
debase
peter
resolve
desensitize
US
fizzle
fall short
unlax
be used up
go downwards
kill
become less intense
devitalize
etiolate
keep down
die away or out
die away or down
straiten
pass
offset
gruntle
close out
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
put down
ebb away
smooth down
anaesthetise
UK
scale back
lag
blow over
relapse
emaciate
step down
lose strength
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
lose intensity
tire
subvert
totter
lose
stabilize
US
fall through
wither away
run dry
drag
backslide
buckle
thin out
hebetate
be gone
withdraw
clear up
be no more
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
desensitise
UK
flop
cool it
dismiss
phase out
make narrower
wreck
prostrate
ruin
thin down
eliminate
treat
wizen
bow out
take pressure off
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
neutralize
US
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
neutralise
UK
stabilise
UK
become listless
feel weak
lose energy
feel faint
nurse
make less strict
make less formal
ease up on
lose value
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
get narrower
become narrower
lay off
cool out
worsen
minish
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
smooth out
clear the air
attend
hit the dirt
tip over
weather
be precipitated
nibble
rot
fret
eat away
rob from
remedy
nourish
doctor
lower in price
brighten
scatter
lower in value
bite
counteract
pale
punctuate
console
vary
solace
rehabilitate
make better
liss
interrupt
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
prevent
aid
assist
chip away at
eat away at
do a number on
take its toll
bite at
gnaw away at
bring respite to
lose lustre
grow dull
bring an end to
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
take load off
become less dense
become less in number
become less numerous
clear out
more ❯
“As the magical properties of the salve reach the center of the pain, the pain begins to
lessen
and finally disappears.”
Verb
▲
To reduce the impact, intensity or severity of something
soften
suppress
stifle
deaden
dampen
mitigate
muffle
alleviate
blunt
dull
cushion
reduce
moderate
control
restrain
check
curb
diminish
overcome
repress
smother
bridle
constrain
contain
quell
inhibit
quash
mute
buttress
damp
mellow
quieten
curtail
stem
subdue
absorb
decrease
depress
ease
lighten
deflate
harsh
lower
squash
staunch
tone down
rein in
keep in check
hold in check
get under control
slow down
take the edge off
damp down
get rid of
put a damper on
soak up
hold back
make less active
allay
slow
retard
buffer
block
temper
stop
restrict
hinder
halt
dam
stay
arrest
silence
gentle
squelch
stanch
cut off
impair
devalue
blanket
depreciate
benumb
bolster
pillow
numb
turn down
limit
hush
reduce the effect of
protect against
muzzle
master
defend against
shield against
govern
safeguard against
crush
keep it down
decrease the volume
pipe down
put the lid on
put damper on
lick
clamp down on
keep the lid on
crack down on
nip in the bud
slap down
quieten down
snuff out
put down
keep a lid on
prevent
oppose
withstand
resist
bring to a standstill
obstruct
impede
choke
bar
close
stop up
block up
clog
plug
barricade
jam
blockade
thwart
stopper
occlude
clog up
close out
shut off
block out
hold
close off
bung up
interfere with
block off
plug up
seal
stuff
caulk
stymie
fill
delay
congest
hamper
close up
choke up
gag
clot
interrupt
regulate
tame
choke off
cork
bottle up
choke back
hold in
hold down
pull in
keep under control
put a brake on
fill up
sidetrack
stall
pack
intercept
jam up
hold off
shut out
bung
stonewall
shut
bottle
throttle
obscure
cut out
lock out
gum up
cool
measure
keep
rule
kill
straiten
keep within bounds
keep down
rein back
sit on
bring under control
crack down
box up
pull back
keep in line
keep in
foil
frustrate
rein
pause
neutralize
US
terminate
swallow
cut short
bottleneck
withhold
fight back
counteract
repulse
discourage
rebuff
circumvent
neutralise
UK
brake
checkmate
bite back
slacken pace
keep back
stand in the way of
stem the flow of
play for time
put a spoke in someone's wheel
more ❯
“Many cinematic techniques are used in an attempt to
lessen
the impact of the violence or to make it seem more artistic.”
Verb
▲
To make or become less in amount or quantity
reduce
decrease
diminish
lower
curtail
slash
downsize
drop
prune
abate
downscale
minimise
UK
minimize
US
truncate
dwindle
deplete
abridge
lighten
dent
discount
narrow
degrade
impair
pare down
de-escalate
dial down
knock down
wind down
make smaller
make less
cut
cut down
cut back
trim
shrink
ease
contract
slim down
clip
shorten
limit
scale down
moderate
curb
retrench
mark down
whittle down
pare
bring down
taper
dock
shave
make cutbacks in
abbreviate
axe
UK
attenuate
restrict
ax
US
crop
elide
roll back
temper
decrement
quell
syncopate
chop
downgrade
restrain
cut back on
condense
cut short
depress
compress
step down
depreciate
lop
minify
salami-slice
tone down
mitigate
snip
sink
weaken
rationalize
US
devaluate
taper off
rationalise
UK
drop off
take down
run down
tail off
cut down on
boil down
ease off
round down
make reductions in
alleviate
devalue
ration
cheapen
ebb
bob
couch
relax
decline
dilute
whittle
telescope
break
economize
US
excerpt
trim down
trim back
undervalue
tighten
concentrate
economise
UK
deflate
get shorter
rein in
make shorter
hold back
take up
economize on
cut to the bone
turn up
write down
scale back
write off
phase down
whittle away
phase out
ease up on
epitomize
US
subdue
stifle
turn down
repress
epitomise
UK
slenderize
foreshorten
check
make fewer
damp down
slim
shed
let up
demote
ratchet down
constrict
retrench on
eliminate
confine
remove
omit
delete
lop off
put down
keep down
reduce greatly
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
shear
get rid of
waste away
cut off
deduct
cause to fall
take off
budget cut
trim away
roll down
tune down
wane
dry up
erode
cast down
extenuate
slacken
amortise
UK
peter out
slow down
take the edge off
qualify
amortize
US
inhibit
halt
cramp
control
tighten up
break off
rein back
put the brakes on
put a restriction on
put a limit on
more ❯
“Small amounts of alcohol may increase your metabolic rate and
lessen
the amount of calories your body absorbs from food.”
Verb
▲
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
corrupt
degrade
debase
pervert
subvert
vitiate
warp
deprave
demean
poison
cheapen
debauch
deteriorate
abase
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
bastardise
UK
bastardize
US
profane
prostitute
canker
defile
pollute
devalue
contaminate
foul
lower
taint
sully
undermine
brutalize
US
bestialize
brutalise
UK
blemish
adulterate
tarnish
desecrate
spoil
impair
mar
ruin
depreciate
bemean
violate
weaken
injure
abuse
make degenerate
drag down
lead astray
damage
reduce
demote
harm
diminish
distort
smirch
infect
blight
blacken
soil
stain
mortify
disgrace
despoil
dilute
vulgarize
US
vulgarise
UK
cast down
lower the status of
twist
shame
stoop
descend
bend
skew
sink
alloy
dumb down
water down
downgrade
mongrelize
betray
crawl
hurt
subjugate
reduce in value
worsen
darken
besmirch
go bad
colour
UK
bring down
go to hell
bias
bring low
prejudice
live in the gutter
reduce in quality
deface
ravage
disfigure
waste
deform
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
disrupt
turn
degenerate
seduce
jaundice
chasten
embitter
befoul
sour
pull down
unhallow
color
US
blaspheme
misuse
cripple
trash
tar
commit sacrilege
debilitate
treat with disrespect
devaluate
do wrong
take down
drag through the mud
reduce the status of
dehumanize
US
derogate
dehumanise
UK
put down
bring shame to
cut down to size
shoot down
tear down
run down
take down a peg
cut down
dirty
muddy
smear
smudge
begrime
grime
destroy
spot
discolour
UK
discolor
US
daub
mire
muck
bemire
blot
distain
gaum
sabotage
mark
compromise
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
make impure
afflict
mess up
break
annihilate
vandalize
US
crush
wreck
vandalise
UK
spatter
muck up
splash
devastate
blotch
demolish
make dirty
denigrate
run through
smash
wreak havoc on
influence
splatter
flaw
shatter
touch
dismantle
endamage
corrode
crab
bespatter
bloody
misemploy
cause detriment to
misapply
overwhelm
outrage
exploit
spread to
discredit
manipulate
radioactivate
shake up
defame
jeopardize
US
wear away
humiliate
stigmatize
US
do damage to
play havoc with
impoverish
spread among
humble
tamper with
embarrass
shock
sap
gut
mangle
scorch
cross up
raze
total
jeopardise
UK
smash up
louse up
stigmatise
UK
besoil
make filthy
cloud
bring into disrepute
make lose face
blacken the name of
make dusty
give a bad name to
make unclean
smutch
give a black eye
bring dishonour to
vilify
show in a bad light
encrust
draggle
bring discredit to
coat
reflect badly on
bring shame on
unsettle
plague
set a bad example
spike
doctor
besmear
mishandle
crud up
dilapidate
disease
nick
maculate
ill-use
wrench
take advantage of
affect
treat sacrilegiously
handle roughly
dump on
do mischief to
scuzz up
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
cause the loss of
cost
trample on
make foul
undo
trouble
roil
rile
murk
impact
overcome
disfeature
becloud
strike
crack
bleach
dent
scratch
play merry hell with
fade
tear
bang up
stab
drive a nail into the coffin of
knock
lacerate
scathe
maltreat
deliver a blow to
gnaw
wrong
split
rust
rot
burn
disintegrate
perturb
make black
make cloudy
cloud up
make darker
make blacker
make murky
upset
prevail
occur
tinge
impinge
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
hinder
strike down
strike at
take hold of
attack
devitalize
incapacitate
depress
impede
disable
wound
enervate
mismanage
pillage
get filthy
get dirty
sack
exert influence on
have an impact on
have an effect on
embezzle
misappropriate
plunder
blast
wither
torpedo
batter
enfeeble
inconvenience
loot
interfere with
foul up
screw up
detract from
rough up
take out
ransack
use fraudulently
raid
be detrimental to
do harm to
go through
put to wrong use
depredate
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
spoliate
reave
rape
maraud over
lay waste
more ❯
“I am unwilling to
lessen
the sanctity of our holy writings by referring to them sacrilegiously.”
Verb
▲
To reduce a person's worth or dignity, especially through shame
discredit
disgrace
shame
debase
lower
humiliate
degrade
humble
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
smirch
chasten
belittle
demean
cheapen
diminish
devalue
denigrate
abase
disparage
dehumanise
UK
dehumanize
US
downgrade
take down
bring shame to
cut down to size
lower the status of
tear down
take down a peg
sink
foul
cast down
lower someone's dignity
dump on
lower someone's status
“I had been wrong to not want to know about his past, for knowing didn't
lessen
him in my eyes.”
Verb
▲
To decline or deteriorate in condition
degenerate
deteriorate
decline
worsen
sink
regress
retrograde
atrophy
weaken
fail
slip
disintegrate
slide
slump
retrogress
devolve
backslide
disimprove
vitiate
crumble
decay
dwindle
languish
go downhill
go to pot
get worse
hit the skids
go to the dogs
fall off
go down the toilet
grow worse
go down the tubes
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
become debilitated
take a turn for the worse
come apart at seams
rot
ebb
descend
decrease
waste
waste away
fall
lapse
collapse
corrode
relapse
reduce
go to pieces
die on vine
flag
fade
die
lag
sag
go
wilt
diminish
droop
wither
depreciate
grow weak
emaciate
spoil
be on your last legs
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be giving up the ghost
be slipping away
be about to die
be at death's door
be in extremis
be on one's deathbed
be approaching death
be breathing one's last
more ❯
“His drawings remained great from the mid-'70s onwards, but the print quality began to
lessen
as the prices increased.”
Verb
▲
To represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance
minimise
UK
minimize
US
diminish
downplay
reduce
underrate
undervalue
understate
moderate
soften
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
underestimate
devalue
whitewash
minify
underplay
misprize
weaken
deemphasize
mitigate
deprecate
discount
extenuate
cheapen
qualify
temper
minimalize
de-emphasize
play down
soft-pedal
gloss over
make light of
shrug off
sell short
brush aside
tone down
talk down
make little of
detract from
hold cheap
pooh-pooh
make light
brush off
take lightly
belittle
depreciate
downgrade
underemphasize
disparage
rate too low
do an injustice to
not do justice to
palliate
detract
set little store by
take away from
vilipend
rationalize
US
derogate
sugarcoat
defame
lower
prettify
disesteem
undermine
decrease
rationalise
UK
be wrong about
soften up
set no store by
think too little of
underprice
deflate
slight
put down
disregard
misjudge
underween
demean
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
justify
not do justice
undertone
cover up
decry
look down on
discredit
denigrate
undersell
take for granted
gild the pill
candy-coat
sugarcoat the pill
brush something under the carpet
explain away
knock
dumb down
attach little importance to
give little weight to
think nothing of
give a lower profile
underrepresent
devaluate
blister
backbite
withdraw
write off
laugh at
cut rate
subtract from
dismiss
scorn
deride
trash
pan
slate
run down
bad-mouth
cry down
diss
slam
dis
vilify
rubbish
malign
scoff at
asperse
slur
sneer at
do a hatchet job on
criticize
US
poor-mouth
revile
trash-talk
slag off
treat lightly
pull apart
kiss off
abuse
have a go at
marginalize
US
criticise
UK
ridicule
marginalise
UK
do down
mock
cast aspersions on
take to pieces
condemn
traduce
dump on
pick holes in
hit out at
drag through the mud
smear
dispraise
pour scorn on
censure
degrade
calumniate
roast
disdain
bash
rap
laugh off
pull to pieces
take down
take down a peg
tear down
cut down to size
attack
denounce
slander
disgrace
blast
scorch
flame
vituperate
tear into
speak ill of
speak badly of
make nothing of
poor mouth
look down one's nose at
hold back
hold in contempt
demote
impugn
libel
debase
disapprove
sneer
underappreciate
insult
poormouth
write down
put hooks in
knock off
be casual about
bring down
disvalue
put away
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
sling mud at
squash
rip
squelch
take something for granted
excoriate
reprehend
lambaste
blame
reprobate
execrate
deplore
pillory
anathematize
pooh pooh
take a swipe at
shoot down
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
cut to the quick
opprobriate
animadvert
hit
rail
complain
do a number on
inveigh against
rail against
disapprove of
fulminate against
come down on
mark down
carp at
tear to shreds
snipe at
take swipe at
cavil at
humble
contemn
fault
spurn
discountenance
find fault with
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▲
To cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
impair
damage
mar
spoil
ruin
harm
compromise
hurt
undermine
injure
destroy
weaken
deface
disfigure
vitiate
blemish
cripple
break
flaw
blight
diminish
endamage
tarnish
impede
crab
debase
disable
bloody
debilitate
reduce
total
hinder
enfeeble
threaten
devalue
deteriorate
prejudice
blunt
queer
enervate
cheapen
decrease
invalidate
worsen
ding
tweak
devaluate
disqualify
unfit
mess up
foul up
cross up
put the kibosh on
rough up
make useless
lose strength
subvert
sap
shake
have a bad effect on
pull the rug out from under
undo
sabotage
destabilize
US
disrupt
wreck
demolish
destabilise
UK
foil
minimize
US
thwart
undercut
minimise
UK
detract from
chip away
mangle
trash
sully
defile
taint
blot
scar
stain
vandalize
US
ravage
scratch
pollute
crush
smash
vandalise
UK
disfeature
louse up
corrupt
mutilate
deform
devastate
distort
maim
scupper
uglify
scotch
upset
desecrate
torpedo
contaminate
blast
annihilate
wound
dirty
shatter
smirch
dismantle
corrode
shake up
scorch
do harm to
screw up
smash up
muck up
discolour
UK
discolor
US
wreak havoc on
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
contort
dilapidate
misshape
obliterate
cramp
have a negative effect on
warp
disfashion
hamstring
bruise
make unattractive
bend
hamper
detract
jeopardize
US
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
make ugly
impoverish
bankrupt
restrict
afflict
devitalize
incapacitate
depress
put a damper on
limit
stifle
shock
wither
batter
inconvenience
soil
befoul
besmirch
interfere with
jeopardise
UK
take out
spot
be detrimental to
cause detriment to
rain on someone's parade
put out of commission
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
gut
begrime
grime
blacken
muddy
smudge
despoil
raze
pillage
plunder
crack
dent
abuse
tear
knock
lacerate
scathe
maltreat
gnaw
wrong
infect
split
rust
rot
burn
disintegrate
sack
bleach
fade
stab
desolate
depredate
bang up
wear away
tamper with
smear
darken
mark
tar
denigrate
spoliate
do damage to
play havoc with
dash
nix
play merry hell with
banjax
blow
crool
drive a nail into the coffin of
euchre
cruel
deliver a blow to
squash
make a mess of
blow a hole in
do for
bring to naught
take apart
balls up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of
retard
hinder
impede
hamper
inhibit
curb
obstruct
check
restrain
restrict
handicap
delay
trammel
encumber
slow
hamstring
fetter
arrest
clog
stall
detain
interrupt
decelerate
stay
brake
cumber
baulk
UK
balk
US
slacken
baffle
crimp
choke
postpone
retardate
mire
defer
bog
hold back
hold up
slow down
interfere with
set back
keep back
slow up
put a brake on
bog down
hang up
shut down
close off
put back
shut off
take down
back off
choke off
let up
throw a spanner in the works
bring to screeching halt
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
temper
stunt
limit
reduce
curtail
regulate
lag
moderate
decrease
abate
diminish
loiter
qualify
reef
procrastinate
embog
quiet
rein in
wind down
keep waiting
lose speed
put the brakes on
cut back
lose steam
back-water
cut down
anchor it
hit the brakes
let down flaps
get in the way of
thwart
foil
block
frustrate
prevent
bar
stymie
stop
cramp
pause
hobble
halt
cripple
constrain
shackle
neutralize
US
withhold
repress
deter
bottleneck
hold
handcuff
counteract
neutralise
UK
stand in the way of
hog-tie
derail
protract
remit
shelve
prorogue
intermit
prolong
confine
put off
stave off
hold off on
make late
hold over
control
stem
suppress
bridle
rein
stifle
terminate
muffle
squelch
smother
contain
swallow
cut short
govern
staunch
fight back
forestall
repulse
discourage
bottle up
rebuff
choke back
circumvent
checkmate
tame
oppose
prohibit
keep in check
manacle
embarrass
muzzle
burden
contravene
debar
bork
resist
interfere
crab
bite back
hold in
hold down
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
keep a lid on
nip in the bud
bring to a standstill
stem the flow of
get in the way
play for time
put a spoke in someone's wheel
box in
shut out
short-circuit
tie up
louse up
be a hindrance to
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To subtract or take away an amount from another
deduct
subtract
discount
remove
abate
withdraw
reduce
take
debit
minus
rebate
abstract
dock
diminish
withhold
allow
bate
take off
knock off
take away
take from
take out
decrease by
reduce by
cut back
draw back
roll back
write off
cut
decrease
lower
slash
knock down
strike off
mark down
eliminate
detract
unadd
charge
lop
record
pay out from
cheapen
devaluate
drop
undervalue
devalue
curb
depreciate
curtail
depress
pare
write down
bring down
cut down
rein in
taper
scale down
wind down
temper
decrement
disgrade
drive down
demerit
more ❯
Verb
▲
To belittle or express disapproval of
derogate
diminish
disparage
denigrate
belittle
decry
deprecate
discredit
downplay
vilify
defame
insult
slight
attack
criticise
UK
criticize
US
downgrade
abuse
depreciate
knock
pan
slam
slate
vilipend
bag
bash
discount
dismiss
minimise
UK
minimize
US
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
roast
rubbish
skewer
slander
trash
asperse
cheapen
compromise
contemn
deflate
devaluate
dis
diss
hammer
humiliate
vituperate
monster
bad-mouth
kiss off
write off
play down
put down
run down
slag off
talk down
cast aspersions on
detract from
lay into
poor-mouth
dump on
pour scorn on
tear into
cry down
hit out at
pull apart
trash-talk
speak evil of
speak ill of
take to pieces
throw mud at
do a hatchet job on
drag through the mud
have a go at
throw brickbats at
scorn
deride
ridicule
scoff at
malign
mock
slur
revile
pooh-pooh
sneer at
condemn
detract
dispraise
undervalue
underrate
underestimate
disdain
pillory
flame
pull to pieces
censure
lambaste
blast
pick holes in
misprize
tear down
cut down to size
fault
rap
marginalize
US
marginalise
UK
denounce
trivialize
US
find fault with
taunt
make fun of
do down
traduce
minify
take down
savage
shoot down
calumniate
demean
jeer
gibe
opprobriate
scoff
trivialise
UK
rip
slag
laugh at
treat lightly
hold cheap
poke fun at
find fault
jeer at
give a bad press to
speak badly of
disrespect
reprehend
disgrace
lower
blame
excoriate
degrade
sneer
smear
besmirch
crucify
offend
affront
despise
make light of
outrage
wound
jibe at
inveigh against
rag on
rail against
cut down
fulminate against
come down on
tear to shreds
take down a peg
nit-pick
slap
rag
devalue
reprobate
scout
flout
twit
castigate
chastise
libel
blister
flay
berate
scorch
impugn
scathe
jibe
downcry
denunciate
maul
mudsling
shame
torment
treat with contempt
nitpick
judge
do a number on
cavil at
laugh off
carp at
sell short
dress down
poor mouth
get at
lace into
pooh pooh
take a swipe at
give something a battering
pick at
nitpick over
heap scorn on
nitpick about
sling mud at
find lacking
tease
misbid
misrespect
disapprove
humble
gird
spurn
discountenance
question
throw shade
put hooks in
poormouth
pass judgment
mistrust
repudiate
think little of
talk trash
make little of
take a dig at
tear to pieces
put away
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
crush
take apart
cut up
snub
comment negatively
mortify
reject
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
bring under fire
execrate
deplore
skin
look down on
carp
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
anathematize
cavil
animadvert
mess with
hit
rail
complain
blacken
condescend
stigmatize
US
badmouth
backstab
treat contemptuously
make jokes about
scandalize
US
deign
stigmatise
UK
scandalise
UK
throw shade at
pick to pieces
knock down
demoralise
UK
cast down
demoralize
US
disapprove of
blacken the name of
spread lies about
criticize unfairly
give a bad name
give black eye
sully the reputation of
rip up
blacken the character of
bad mouth
mark down
snipe at
take swipe at
rib
kid
chaff
lampoon
satirize
US
razz
quiz
banter
lout
satirise
UK
poke mullock at
make sport of
take the mickey
cock a snook at
hold up to ridicule
flout at
take the piss out of
understate
squash
squelch
cut to the quick
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite and equal force
counteract
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
offset
counterbalance
negate
nullify
annul
cancel
counterpoise
balance
countervail
negative
correct
counterweigh
invalidate
equilibrize
redress
obviate
counter
contravene
countercheck
fix
rectify
remedy
buck
counterwork
halt
reduce
right
stabilise
UK
stabilize
US
cancel out
compensate for
balance out
make up for
even out
cross out
respond to
go against
equalize
US
equalise
UK
compensate
undo
even up
redeem
render ineffective
outweigh
oppose
set off
counterweight
repel
defuse
overcome
equipoise
antagonize
US
antagonise
UK
adjust
atone for
square up
work against
equal out
equiponderate
amend
reverse
turn the tables
tip the scales
restrict
limit
overrule
defeat
override
subdue
deactivate
abrogate
frustrate
conquer
bring to naught
make of no use or value
even
equate
level
square
match
requite
regulate
equal
counterpose
set
tie
collate
attune
parallel
readjust
accord
wipe out
make ineffective
be an antidote to
account for
pair off
come out
be equivalent
allow for
regularize
US
come out even
regularise
UK
make level
recalibrate
level out
restore the balance
make equal
make even
make uniform
make the same
level up
ballast
even off
level off
equilibrate
align
smooth
standardize
US
standardise
UK
steady
tally
symmetrize
pair
proportional
recoup
agree with
be equal to
average out the same
atone
make equivalent
make identical
make up
settle
redress the balance
make comparable
flatten
plane
firm up
smoothen
establish
equibalance
press
surface
roll
straighten
mow
grade
face
steamroll
lay
flush
make regular
smooth out
bring into line
press flat
make flat
line up
make consistent
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