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What is another word for
belittling
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Adjective
Dismissive of the importance of a person or thing
Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments
Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature
Noun
The act of disparaging or belittling
A mean action
A lowering of rank or status
Verb
Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
Present participle for to cause pain through mistreatment
Present participle for to show that one feels superior in a patronizing manner
Present participle for to make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess
Present participle for to expose or reveal the true nature or character of
Present participle for cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
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Adjective
▲
Dismissive of the importance of a person or thing
contemptuous
decrying
degrading
demeaning
denigrative
denigratory
deprecatory
depreciative
depreciatory
derisory
derogative
derogatory
detractive
disdainful
disparaging
pejorative
scornful
slighting
uncomplimentary
condescending
depreciating
derisive
patronising
UK
patronizing
US
sneering
insulting
contumelious
abusive
offensive
defamatory
critical
disapproving
rude
deprecating
scurrilous
disrespectful
vituperative
slanderous
libellous
UK
scathing
libelous
US
negative
opprobrious
deprecative
humiliating
insolent
mortifying
sarcastic
discrediting
debasing
snide
shameful
ignominious
disgraceful
unflattering
dishonourable
UK
inglorious
detracting
dishonorable
US
mocking
vilifying
supercilious
shaming
unworthy
reproachful
lowering
cheapening
undignified
censorious
maligning
discreditable
damaging
hurtful
calumniatory
vulgar
scoffing
jeering
dismissive
catty
reviling
unbecoming
withering
abject
haughty
obloquious
vituperatory
infra dig
invective
calumniating
harsh
traducing
arrogant
snooty
contemptible
sardonic
denigrating
malicious
diminishing
deflating
spiteful
unfavourable
UK
nasty
jibing
discourteous
uncivil
ridiculing
fault-finding
unfavorable
US
snobbish
detractory
unsuitable
personal
foul
unseemly
injurious
imperious
minimizing
US
unladylike
ungentlemanly
violent
berating
obnoxious
unmannerly
unbefitting
vitriolic
uppity
affronting
impertinent
minimising
UK
improper
menial
unfitting
taunting
judgmental
judgemental
cheeky
scolding
cavalier
indecorous
sniffy
unrefined
blasphemous
unceremonious
snotty
bringing shame
downgrading
ignoble
wretched
castigating
scurril
truculent
scurrile
untoward
scandalous
inappropriate
abhorrent
upbraiding
superior
indecent
full of contempt
high and mighty
despicable
sharp-tongued
uncharitable
unsympathetic
epithetical
unpleasant
virulent
familiar
intrusive
teasing
pillorying
corrupting
damning
malign
lampooning
caustic
satirical
ranting
denunciatory
indelicate
irreverent
disadvantageous
sniping
dyslogistic
sarky
snidey
indiscreet
defiant
dishonouring
UK
tasteless
outrageous
hypercritical
overbearing
cynical
egotistic
reproving
castigatory
calumnious
mean
crass
unacceptable
acerbic
rough
mud-slinging
dishonoring
US
despiteful
aspersing
malevolent
unfriendly
bitter
sharp
impolite
in bad taste
abrupt
curt
brusque
unkind
gruff
short
surly
blunt
ungracious
lofty
wounding
biting
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
inelegant
stooping
toffee-nosed
gracious
lordly
notorious
infamous
sorry
low
repulsive
offhand
pompous
magisterial
disreputable
base
beneath you
lacking dignity
proud
stuck-up
fancy-pants
louche
shady
shy
shoddy
unrespectable
snobby
pretentious
full of yourself
hateful
reprehensible
vain
beneath one's dignity
abominable
audacious
cool
snippy
embarrassing
bold
hard
temperamental
upstage
cold-shoulder
on your high horse
hard-nosed
high hat
dog it
presumptuous
cocky
highfalutin
hifalutin
uppish
high-and-mighty
huffy
overweening
conceited
prideful
high-handed
toplofty
vainglorious
bumptious
toploftical
hoity-toity
impudent
stiff-necked
self-important
egotistical
smug
aloof
huffish
chesty
assumptive
boastful
swaggering
self-assertive
high-hat
self-asserting
puffed up
important
narcissistic
peremptory
overconfident
bloated
stuck up
egoistic
egoistical
brash
bossy
masterful
presuming
immodest
bigheaded
swellheaded
biggity
domineering
biggety
self-opinionated
self-conceited
swollen-headed
full of oneself
big-headed
hubristic
egocentric
pontifical
bragging
out-of-line
autocratic
blustering
opinionated
know-it-all
self-affected
selfish
self-promoting
self-serving
self-engrossed
self-congratulatory
self-centered
US
elitist
self-righteous
self-contented
self-adulatory
self-glorifying
self-centred
UK
orgulous
ostentatious
assuming
sassy
forward
brazen
indifferent
affected
too big for your boots
crusty
profane
self-satisfied
nervy
impious
sacrilegious
insubordinate
smarty
aweless
smart-alecky
jumped up
wise guy
assured
ironical
perfunctory
on an ego trip
ironic
iconoclastic
saucy
fresh
flip
pushy
brassy
inconsiderate
irreverential
unhallowed
lippy
ungodly
unholy
mordacious
flippant
tyrannical
despotic
grandiose
high
self-aggrandizing
sure
too big for your breeches
cocksure
confident
self-assured
holier-than-thou
self-confident
self-respecting
blusterous
pert
malapert
unenthusiastic
dimissory
devastating
yelling
dictatorial
quizzical
stinging
blistering
blasting
searing
casual
unconcerned
insouciant
uninterested
shrewish
snubbing
blighting
satiric
raucous
authoritarian
refined
putting on airs
loudmouth
puffed-up
insinuating
glib
terse
cursory
off
crushing
honourable
UK
honorable
US
take-it-or-leave-it
pococurante
offish
snarky
ill-natured
complaisant
la-dee-da
careless
cutting
reserved
distant
detached
la-di-da
above oneself
rejecting
contemning
averse
despising
antipathetic
scouting
repudiating
ridiculous
absurd
ludicrous
cockamamie
pathetic
silly
cockamamy
laughable
risible
comical
farcical
preposterous
gally
smart
turning up your nose at
looking down your nose at
venomous
thoughtless
churlish
aspersive
unmannered
unhandsome
libeling
US
excoriating
offending
defaming
libelling
UK
disgracing
injuring
hurting
abasing
vile
malignant
reproaching
for the birds
disgracious
suspicious
misbehaved
doubtful
unfilial
profanatory
mistrustful
ill-bred
distrustful
uncalled-for
sceptical
UK
doubting
disbelieving
unbelieving
incredulous
skeptical
US
pessimistic
jaundiced
misanthropic
disillusioned
disenchanted
hardened
nonbelieving
black
misanthropical
bleak
wry
world-weary
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
more ❯
“His cruel,
belittling
remarks.”
Adjective
▲
Inclined to express negative or disapproving comments
critical
censorious
condemnatory
condemning
castigatory
reproving
denunciatory
deprecatory
disparaging
disapproving
scathing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
fault-finding
judgemental
negative
unfavourable
UK
unsympathetic
hypercritical
overcritical
pedantic
pettifogging
cavilling
UK
carping
quibbling
niggling
nitpicking
pernickety
picky
calumniatory
cavillous
censuring
cutting
cynical
griping
hairsplitting
unfavorable
US
bellyaching
captious
caviling
US
faultfinding
judgmental
rejective
whingeing
derogatory
reprobatory
reprobative
nit-picking
nit-picky
pass-remarkable
ultra-critical
biting
demeaning
harsh
satirical
sarcastic
cruel
hurtful
brusque
nasty
cursing
mean
sharp-tongued
over-particular
hair-splitting
over-censorious
punctilious
perfectionist
fastidious
hard to please
finicky
fussy
overscrupulous
over-exacting
overparticular
meticulous
penetrating
scolding
critic
humbling
contemptuous
diagnostic
overnice
judgy
particular
choleric
withering
discriminating
analytical
exceptive
reproachful
nagging
lowering
stern
demanding
trenchant
sharp
exacting
discerning
severe
over-rigorous
over-strict
casuistic
sophistical
petty
trifling
overprecise
tricky
difficult
trivial
persnickety
finical
overexacting
nice
difficult to please
sophistic
overexact
deprecating
complaining
on someone's back
impossible to please
irritable
crabby
nitpicky
testy
perverse
thorny
unfair
contrary
unjust
touchy
cantankerous
peevish
acrimonious
petulant
cross
very critical
precise
evasive
elusive
prevaricative
precisionist
exact
scrupulous
literalist
scholastic
dogmatic
literalistic
casuistical
formalist
purist
dainty
choosy
over-fastidious
faddish
painstaking
careful
trying
uncompromising
old-maidish
faddy
fussbudgety
delicate
finicking
choosey
importunate
strict
intractable
clamorous
tiresome
tough
obstinate
rigorous
dictatorial
detailed
fiddly
fine
overbearing
unaccommodating
querulous
inflexible
insistent
unmanageable
hard
imperious
troublesome
stringent
unbending
exigent
unamenable
fractious
hardheaded
firm
sticklerish
stiff
obdurate
needy
possessive
unsparing
stubborn
unflinching
unreasonable
serious
tyrannical
high-maintenance
sophisticated
subtle
hard to satisfy
hard-line
piddling
insignificant
paltry
unimportant
picayune
equivocating
minor
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Harshly sarcastic or satirical in nature
keen
scathing
cutting
incisive
searing
pointed
stinging
trenchant
acid
sardonic
satirical
contemptuous
ferocious
nasty
sharp
unblunted
virulent
caustic
corrosive
heartless
merciless
piercing
savage
biting
brutal
fierce
malicious
penetrating
satiric
callous
critical
mocking
sarcastic
scornful
tart
venomous
acerbic
bitter
harsh
pungent
salty
snarky
violent
acidic
cruel
devastating
edged
hurtful
mordacious
unrelenting
acute
derisive
pitiless
truculent
vicious
vitriolic
acrid
acrimonious
grim
sadistic
scorching
unsparing
withering
astringent
mordant
ruthless
scalding
wanton
cold-blooded
extremely critical
hostile
severe
blistering
wounding
barbed
vehement
disparaging
cynical
snarling
coruscating
burning
sulphurous
UK
jeering
sulfurous
US
unkind
rude
spiteful
unfriendly
snide
mean
ill-natured
hateful
poisonous
rancorous
malevolent
evil-intentioned
acidulous
malignant
vengeful
vindictive
smart-alecky
smart-aleck
smart-mouthed
pernicious
malign
bilious
baleful
splenetic
acerb
catty
maleficent
malefic
taunting
waspish
razor-edged
polemic
poignant
sarky
rapier-like
dry
telling
abrasive
ironic
forceful
snappy
pithy
witty
piquant
ironical
stringent
polemical
corroding
emphatic
peppery
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
wry
scoffing
disrespectful
brusque
tongue-in-cheek
acetose
ridiculing
churlish
stern
sour
chaffing
burlesque
controversial
alkaline
contentious
rough
snappish
snippy
testy
short
unpleasant
disapproving
hard
argumentative
disputatious
offensive
strong
vigorous
destructive
zesty
sneering
zingy
pert
savoury
UK
savory
US
forthright
driving
clear
double-edged
crisp
explicit
powerful
distinct
effective
blunt
erosive
potent
unequivocal
edgy
vinegary
acidulated
derisory
crushing
acetic
backhanded
acidy
accurate
venomed
clever
implausible
ridiculous
defiant
contradictory
exaggerated
backbiting
alert
arrogant
jibing
atypical
twisted
uncomplimentary
curious
spicy
quick-witted
pertinent
sourish
tartish
smarting
irreverent
razor-sharp
meaty
meaningful
insightful
right-on
insinuating
short-and-sweet
legit
pregnant
parodying
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
lampooning
humorous
spoofing
paradoxical
spoof
farcical
bantering
with a kick
briny
acetous
tangy
soured
green
in a nutshell
on the nose
boiled down
laid on the line
right to it
calling a spade a spade
on the button
sly
subtle
deadpan
droll
laconic
deprecating
waggish
apathetic
sharp-tongued
matter-of-fact
straight-faced
low-key
quietly humorous
poker-faced
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of disparaging or belittling
disparagement
denigration
ridicule
vilification
scorn
criticism
derision
mocking
derogation
detraction
depreciation
deprecation
aspersion
diminishment
belittlement
put down
slander
abuse
calumny
disdain
character assassination
marginalization
US
marginalisation
UK
playing down
discredit
lessening
degradation
castigation
denunciation
condemnation
recrimination
chastisement
debasement
reprobation
contempt
reproval
vitriol
reproach
slamming
upbraiding
contumely
remonstrance
admonishment
censure
critique
reproof
slating
chiding
excoriation
flak
slur
underestimation
opprobrium
faultfinding
blame
smear
berating
vituperation
backbiting
panning
backstabbing
slagging
scolding
knocking
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
carping
prejudice
cavil
nitpicking
roast
fault-finding
verbal disapproval
slagging off
nit-picking
defamation
libel
obloquy
calumniation
traducement
smearing
libeling
US
traducing
defaming
besmirching
stigmatization
US
libelling
UK
stigmatisation
UK
invective
disapproval
rebuke
animadversion
tirade
stick
attack
objurgation
reprimand
disapprobation
disfavor
US
aspersions
billingsgate
bad-mouthing
revilement
complaint
stricture
disfavour
UK
scurrility
insults
diatribe
fulmination
verbal
arraignment
bad press
mud-slinging
objection
tongue-lashing
blast
opposition
expostulation
broadside
lambasting
execration
knock
repudiation
accusation
inculpation
indictment
charge
sideswipe
admonition
incrimination
brickbat
imputation
impeachment
implication
slurs
attribution
insolence
exprobation
reprehension
bashing
swipe
exception
harangue
demurral
remonstration
pan
rap
odium
reviling
disagreement
insult
verbal abuse
rudeness
dislike
telling off
displeasure
protest
brickbats
dissatisfaction
philippic
curses
rant
rubbishing
slam
discountenance
railing
dissent
distaste
venom
disesteem
slap
hit
sledge
mauling
offense
US
offence
UK
signifying
discontentment
boycott
dressing-down
captiousness
thumbs down
call down
censoriousness
discourtesy
impertinence
pejoration
malapertness
humiliation
arrogance
remark
hostility
complaints
commination
jab
mocking comment
scurrilousness
barrage
persecution
decrying
riot act
sour grapes
sideswipes
aggravation
hassle
obscenity
slanderousness
indecency
rocket
malevolence
assault
argument
jibe
scandal
coarseness
offensiveness
confrontation
wigging
earful
caning
pugnacity
bollocking
defilement
vociferation
abusiveness
infamousness
grossness
carpeting
rollicking
indignity
rebuff
combativeness
roasting
demur
discharge
warning
intimidation
curse
outburst
examen
quibble
belligerence
rejection
takedown
notice
a bad press
fuss
impugnment
cut
protestation
polemic
challenge
stink
demurrer
telling-off
ticking off
verbal onslaught
verbal assault
question
denouncement
cursing
difficulty
rap over the knuckles
slandering
malice
evil-speaking
dispute
slights
kick
spitefulness
spite
fulminations
critical remark
bad notice
cattiness
swearing
petition
indignities
jibes
expletives
rebukes
civil disobedience
slanging
disrespect
savaging
verbals
quinine
knifing
hosing
put-downs
foul language
verbal attack
swear words
name-calling
a slanging match
kicking around
trash talk
pushing around
catcall
nix
ostracism
blackball
hiss
zing
discontent
boo
black list
slap on wrist
more ❯
Noun
▲
A mean action
meanness
cheating
coveting
deceiving
defaming
defrauding
degrading
dishonouring
UK
dishonoring
US
grovelling
UK
groveling
US
grudging
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
scolding
shaming
sneaking
Noun
▲
A lowering of rank or status
reduction
demotion
downgrading
lowering
abasement
humbling
bump
demeaning
humiliation
bringing low
degradation
relegation
devaluation
belittlement
disgrace
mortification
shaming
depression
humility
humbleness
put down
dishonour
UK
shame
downgrade
dishonor
US
denigration
abnegation
deprecation
debasement
effacement
subjugation
discredit
ignominy
opprobrium
infamy
disrepute
odium
obloquy
scandal
contempt
stigma
disesteem
slur
disrespect
disfavour
UK
ill-repute
condemnation
slight
disapproval
defamation
reproach
vilification
crime
disapprobation
embarrassment
taint
blot
debasing
tarnish
reprobation
stain
derogation
blemish
derision
comedown
turpitude
prostitution
pollution
scorn
disfavor
US
culpability
ingloriousness
disbarment
misgrace
contumely
spot
venality
corruption
black eye
strife
baseness
slander
ill repute
loss of face
sin
meanness
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
disparaging
denigrating
deprecating
decrying
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
diminishing
depreciating
derogating
dismissing
discounting
dissing
discrediting
vilipending
trashing
deriding
undervaluing
knocking
scorning
defaming
ridiculing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
degrading
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
demeaning
underrating
slamming
mocking
panning
underestimating
vilifying
downgrading
rubbishing
slurring
slating
reviling
lowering
maligning
condemning
abusing
misprizing
minifying
bashing
censuring
detracting
aspersing
downplaying
smearing
roasting
dispraising
understating
marginalising
UK
marginalizing
US
squashing
blistering
scorching
ripping
squelching
bad-mouthing
putting down
running down
playing down
trash-talking
scoffing at
pooh-poohing
talking down
slagging off
making light of
crying down
sneering at
casting aspersions on
detracting from
pouring scorn on
pulling apart
taking down
treating lightly
laughing at
kissing off
dumping on
doing down
laughing off
taking to pieces
having a go at
tearing down
hitting out at
holding cheap
shooting down
dragging through the mud
picking holes in
cutting down to size
doing a hatchet job on
cutting to the quick
taking down a peg
shooting full of holes
taking a swipe at
slighting
disgracing
slandering
shaming
attacking
debasing
traducing
insulting
devaluing
reducing
calumniating
dishonouring
UK
dishonoring
US
humiliating
libeling
US
libelling
UK
smirching
speaking ill of
humbling
stigmatizing
US
cheapening
lessening
disdaining
contemning
besmirching
deflating
stigmatising
UK
disrespecting
sullying
abasing
giving a bad name
blackening
injuring
scandalizing
US
vituperating
tarnishing
bringing into disrepute
scandalising
UK
assailing
reproaching
chastening
tainting
sneering
taunting
lambasting
staining
blotting
mortifying
dragging through the mire
damaging
defiling
slinging mud at
embarrassing
despising
besmearing
giving a black eye
sinking
denouncing
flaming
fouling
selling short
impugning
reflecting badly on
soiling
scoffing
bringing shame upon
brushing aside
muckraking
doing a number on
snubbing
disregarding
making little of
spotting
pulling to pieces
rejecting
jeering
undermining
berating
flinging mud at
bringing shame on
crushing
spreading scandal about
tearing into
affronting
casting a slur on
running smear campaign
tarring and feathering
spoiling
gibing
inveighing against
underplaying
blotching
spurning
casting down
blasting
looking down on
rapping
breathing on
bringing discredit to
speaking badly of
thinking little of
throwing mud at
look down one's nose at
ripping up and down
befouling
poisoning
making fun of
sniffing at
pillorying
flouting
glossing over
speaking evil of
shrugging off
bringing down
offending
bagging
pummelling
UK
pummeling
hammering
underemphasizing
de-emphasizing
perverting
laying into
twitting
backbiting
faulting
throwing brickbats at
lampooning
railing against
fulminating against
finding fault with
treating with contempt
rating too low
appalling
jeering at
doing an injustice to
bringing low
spreading lies about
skewering
holding in contempt
demoting
blaming
jumping on
blackening the name of
outraging
sullying the reputation of
subverting
repudiating
abashing
poking fun at
excoriating
reprehending
demoralizing
US
scouting
reprobating
prostituting
disesteeming
girding
chagrining
bemeaning
demoralising
UK
rallying
setting little store by
making a fool of
cutting down
teasing
putting away
turning your nose up at
taking down a peg or two
treating as unimportant
blackening the reputation of
corrupting
weakening
conducting a smear campaign against
vitiating
depraving
warping
savaging
debauching
rebuffing
wounding
castigating
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
condescending
bastardizing
US
deteriorating
profaning
devaluating
deigning
misjudging
rebuking
slapping
cankering
cursing
upbraiding
underpricing
ragging
discountenancing
hitting
reproving
deploring
disapproving
subduing
laughing
discomfiting
execrating
waving aside
riding
badmouthing
bastardising
UK
compromising
prejudicing
anathematizing
slagging
belying
blemishing
cavilling at
breaking
carping at
horrifying
jibing at
treating contemptuously
owning
marking down
ruining
disfavoring
disfavouring
denunciating
hating
showing contempt for
abhorring
burlesquing
travestying
leering
satirizing
US
swiping
caricaturing
fleering
cracking
dumping
grinning
jesting
skinning
disconcerting
sniggering
displeasing
tearing to shreds
coming down on
causing to lose face
lowering the status of
blackguarding
dismaying
satirising
UK
slinging mud
finding fault
thinking too little of
destroying
blackening someone's name
looking down upon
ripping up
setting no store by
calling down
ragging on
putting in a bad light
putting to shame
showing up
curling your lip at
putting someone in their place
making someone eat humble pie
knocking down
holding up to ridicule
sneezing at
ranking out
making someone eat crow
turning up one's nose
quipping at
giving Bronx cheer
poormouthing
clamoring against
hooting
commenting negatively
depressing
questioning
toning down
frowning
discommending
objecting
expostulating
disvaluing
mistrusting
crawling
lowering in rank
backstabbing
stooping
subjugating
not going for
betraying
lowering in status
mistreating
demonizing
US
voodooing
jinxing
cussing
digging
attainting
desecrating
descending
subordinating
giving comeuppance
knocking off high horse
taking dim view of
putting hooks in
demonising
UK
relegating
dragging down
talking trash
tearing to pieces
animadverting
disapproving of
writing down
jiving
losing face
giving a bad name to
selling out
taking for granted
dragging someone's name through the mud
dragging through mud
underprizing
taking a dig at
railing
complaining
sniping at
beating down
skinning alive
dressing down
knocking off
gibing at
saying contemptuously
making cutting remarks about
wiping
scathing
holding forth against
exposing
putting a whammy on
jibing
declassing
shocking
disgusting
belaboring
US
scolding
potshotting
nagging
taking away
sloughing off
joking about
misrespecting
failing to appreciate
setting too little store by
misbidding
making a joke of
decreasing
miscalculating
throwing stones at
taking swipe at
withdrawing
reverting
bumping
setting back
oppressing
persecuting
expressing contempt
making jokes about
regarding with contempt
abominating
chillin
chilling
miscarrying
reducing to the ranks
busting
kicking downstairs
arguing against
finding lacking
taking issue with
nitpicking over
taking exception to
objecting to
slanging
miscalling
belabouring
UK
zinging
hosing
revolting
nauseating
repelling
sickening
reprimanding
showing in a bad light
bringing into disfavour
misrepresenting
disappointing
shunning
stultifying
disrating
not doing justice
chastising
annoying
snickering
smiling
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
calling names
shouting at
vituperating against
plastering
blaspheming
strumpeting
holding up to scorn
dispiriting
cutting rate
taking away from
causing a few raised eyebrows amongst
causing raised eyebrows
raising eyebrows amongst
blackballing
giving offence to
being above
heaping scorn on
flustering
vexing
nonplussing
confusing
rattling
confounding
fazing
subtracting from
caning
objurgating
slashing
cowing
pissing over
confuting
pissing on
considering beneath one
spitting in the eye of
spitting on
refuting
refusing
turning back on
defying
turning down
spitting in the face of
laughing out of court
renouncing
giving the Bronx cheer to
avoiding
blowing raspberries at
considering beneath you
arraigning
overcoming
silencing
upsetting
disheartening
discouraging
flattening
flaying
setting up
carping
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
proscribing
giving something a bad press
laying at one's door
framing
naming
sending up the river
adjudging
punishing
letting someone have it
judging
pinning it on
sending up
taking to task
giving someone a bad press
pronouncing
chiding
booing
disbelieving
caviling
US
mauling
cavilling
UK
pulling down
striking dumb
taking the wind out
worrying
getting one's comeuppance
harassing
making one feel small
forcing to eat humble pie
popping one's balloon
making eat dirt
settling someone's hash
bringing down a peg
fixing someone's wagon
putting one away
telling lies about
poking mullock at
fleering at
scouting at
ignoring
blackening the character of
running a smear campaign against
debunking
taking the wind out of your sails
letting wind out of sails
puncturing balloon
dashing
knocking the stuffing out of
quashing
letting down easy
overlooking
criticizing unfairly
showing contempt
digging at
giving black eye
taking the mickey
neglecting
giving a bad press to
picking to pieces
giving something a battering
nit-picking
making sport of
taking the piss out of
curling one's lip
passing over
turning a deaf ear to
pushing aside
having no time for
brushing off
paying no attention to
shutting eyes to
refusing to acknowledge
thinking no more of
sweeping aside
taking no notice of
forgetting about
turning a blind eye to
putting aside
threatening
impairing
brutalizing
US
dehumanizing
US
destabilizing
US
disrupting
sabotaging
undoing
sapping
dehumanising
UK
brutalising
UK
bringing shame to
wrecking
demolishing
debilitating
destabilising
UK
thwarting
undercutting
chipping away
foiling
crucifying
cutting up
rating
lacing to
animadverting on
nitpicking about
admonishing
carpeting
bawling out
lashing
giving some stick to
chewing out
giving flak to
haranguing
giving someone hell
giving someone a roasting
tearing off a strip
reading the riot act
sledging
sailing into
hauling over the coals
branding
giving a rocket
tearing a strip off
tongue-lashing
raking over the coals
bollocking
lecturing
remonstrating with
marking
bagging on
reaming out
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone a bollocking
ripping into
declaiming
rollicking
fulminating
scourging
reaming
taking apart
scoring
nagging at
telling off
lighting to
passing strictures upon
giving a talking-to
going for the jugular
picking at
lashing into
accusing
laying down the law
ranting at
lashing out at
labelling
UK
labeling
US
pitching into
tearing apart
raging
characterizing
US
protesting
ranting
polluting
contaminating
villainizing
growling
classifying
classing
dirtying
fustigating
remonstrating
animadverting upon
storming
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
inveighing
recriminating
drubbing
nitpicking
characterising
UK
disciplining
muddying
distaining
bemiring
gauming
smudging
daubing
miring
mucking
marring
griming
begriming
scarifying
marking out
tying into
trimming
giving someone a dressing-down
throwing shade
writing false reports about
yelling at
beating up on
spreading tales about
marking wrong
getting at
dragging name through mud
railing at
jumping down one's throat
giving the business
putting someone on the griddle
adulterating
making impure
discoloring
US
pinning your ears back
burning someone's ears
crawling all over
putting someone on the hot seat
kicking up a fuss about
making unclean
kicking up a stink about
tarring
discolouring
UK
criticizing severely
speaking of with disfavour
gossiping about
getting angry with
criticizing harshly
gossipping
lying
spiting
gossiping
having a pop at
lying about
giving a rough time
casting slur on
putting zingers on
whipping
shellacking
beating
prosecuting
clobbering
incising
lancing
scratching
lacerating
cutting
miffing
passing judgment
jumping down someone's throat
exprobating
incriminating
indicting
impeaching
slogging
fluffing
zapping
slugging
loathing
spattering
pushing
capping
insinuating
chopping
excommunicating
comminating
picking apart
looking askance
getting after
reading out
detesting
assaulting verbally
arguing with
hurling insults at
complaining about
categorizing
US
disagreeing with
declaiming against
cutting to bits
giving bad press
piling in
identifying
describing
starting on
starting in
expressing strong disapproval of
frowning upon
charging with
hitting where one lives
taking on
thundering
calling
categorising
UK
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
biting someone's head off
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
hurting
harming
threaping
basting
cautioning
fuming
keelhauling
wigging
labelling negatively
accusing of being
maltreating
ill-treating
rowing
jawing
imprecating
preaching
cheating
ill-using
blustering
spouting
huffing
protesting against
raving
accursing
chaffing
speaking out
pulling up
ticking off
designating
tagging
stamping
tormenting
giving someone a wigging
taking to the woodshed
going on at
putting on the mat
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone some stick
bringing to book
giving someone what for
giving someone a row
blowing up
giving someone an earful
slapping someone's wrist
keeping after
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone a rating
giving someone a caning
having someone on the carpet
slapping down
making a stand
intimidating
taking a stand
menacing
regarding with disgust
feeling disgust for
feeling revulsion to
feeling aversion to
riling
louting
ribbing
razzing
quizzing
kidding
bantering
jollying
mouthing off about
vociferating about
moaning
grouching
whining
griping
grizzling
grumbling
whingeing
fussing
wronging
trespassing
aggrieving
going on about
grousing
repining
crabbing
bellyaching
bleating
wailing
screaming
crying
caterwauling
beefing
keening
grumping
ripping to shreds
making mincemeat of
making short work of
ranting and raving
offending against
doing wrong to
doing injury to
doing a disservice to
flouting at
croaking
yammering
yawping
whimpering
maundering
muttering
hollering
murmuring
kvetching
squealing
squawking
imposing upon
sinning against
bawling
yauping
kicking
yelping
yapping
yowling
casting a slur upon
barking at
taking advantage of
doing the dirty on
laying out
sounding off
grouching about
sounding off about
working over
beefing about
kicking up a fuss
complaining vehemently about
having at
cracking down on
bellyaching about
taking exception
going after
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“And she would
belittle
people with her technospeak to make them look stupid.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause pain through mistreatment
hurting
abusing
exploiting
humiliating
maltreating
manipulating
oppressing
spiting
victimising
UK
victimizing
US
violating
antagonising
UK
antagonizing
US
ill-treating
insulting
mistreating
mocking
provoking
taunting
tormenting
torturing
abasing
aggravating
deriding
misusing
wronging
dishonouring
UK
dishonoring
US
harassing
harrowing
harrying
molesting
persecuting
doing an injustice to
dumping on
ill-using
imposing on
martyring
martyrizing
putting down
taking advantage of
stepping on the toes of
giving no quarter
going for jugular
hitting where one lives
laying a bad trip on
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▲
Present participle for to show that one feels superior in a patronizing manner
condescending
patronising
UK
patronizing
US
disdaining
humiliating
looking down on
lording it over
putting down
speaking condescendingly to
speaking haughtily to
talking down to
treating condescendingly
talking down
treating as inferior
putting on airs
treating like a child
look down one's nose at
denigrating
deigning
favoring
US
stooping
infantilizing
indulging
demeaning
snubbing
favouring
UK
condescending to
treating with condescension
treating contemptuously
treating scornfully
treating badly
tossing a few crumbs
treating with disdain
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess
misjudging
miscalculating
underestimating
overestimating
underrating
misapprehending
misconceiving
misconstruing
misdeeming
misestimating
misgauging
mismeasuring
mistaking
overrating
overvaluing
undervaluing
dogmatizing
erring
getting wrong
judging incorrectly
miscomprehending
misconjecturing
misinterpreting
misreading
misreckoning
misthinking
misunderstanding
prejudging
presuming
presupposing
stumbling
supposing
wronging
estimating wrongly
dropping the ball
getting the wrong idea about
putting foot in
barking up wrong tree
coming to hasty conclusion
doing someone an injustice
getting the wrong idea
getting the wrong impression
missing by a mile
jumping to the wrong conclusion about
getting the wrong end of the stick about
Verb
▲
Present participle for to expose or reveal the true nature or character of
showing up
debunking
exposing
uncloaking
undressing
unmasking
nailing
uncovering
convicting
defeating
disclosing
discovering
discrediting
embarrassing
emphasising
UK
emphasizing
US
highlighting
humiliating
indicating
invalidating
mortifying
pinpointing
revealing
shaming
unshrouding
worsting
laying bare
letting down
pointing up
scoring off
bringing to light
putting spotlight on
putting to shame
making a fool of
showing in bad light
Verb
▲
Present participle for cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
dwarfing
dominating
stunting
overlooking
overshadowing
suppressing
checking
lowering
overtopping
retarding
towering above
dimming
hindering
miniaturising
UK
miniaturizing
US
minifying
predominating
shrinking
towering over
standing over
cultivating by bonsai
detracting from
looming over
making small
rising above
looking down upon
standing head and shoulders above
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belittled
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