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To belittle or express disapproval of
Take the edge off sth
To harshly mock
Blame, detract from
To spoil or be the one bad feature of
To overpower by weight
Make or become angry, unhappy, or gloomy
Cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
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Verb
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To belittle or express disapproval of
play something down
de-emphasize
downplay
gloss over
underemphasize
diminish
downgrade
make light of
make little of
make nothing of
minimise
UK
minimize
US
shrug off
soft-pedal
tone down
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
underplay
understate
belittle
decry
deprecate
disparage
set little store by
set no store by
slight
talk down
underestimate
underrate
undervalue
derogate
pooh-pooh
scoff at
sneer at
think little of
denigrate
depreciate
bad-mouth
put down
trash
run down
discount
pan
dis
discredit
defame
deride
cry down
dismiss
knock
rubbish
diss
trash-talk
criticize
US
slag off
have a go at
scorn
slam
vilify
slate
abuse
vilipend
play down
poor-mouth
pull apart
criticise
UK
kiss off
write off
revile
slur
malign
dispraise
do a hatchet job on
hit out at
demean
detract
marginalize
US
bash
minify
misprize
roast
asperse
cast aspersions on
drag through the mud
dump on
take to pieces
hold cheap
marginalise
UK
pick holes in
ridicule
degrade
condemn
mock
lower
treat lightly
deflate
vituperate
cheapen
pour scorn on
smear
do down
tear down
speak ill of
devalue
censure
lessen
traduce
insult
flame
attack
slander
sell short
take down a peg
pull to pieces
cut down to size
speak badly of
tear into
reduce
disdain
blast
denounce
laugh off
laugh at
scorch
bag
pummel
US
fault
find fault with
rap
calumniate
contemn
throw brickbats at
take a swipe at
pummelled
UK
shoot down
take down
impugn
libel
opprobriate
sneer
question
put hooks in
subordinate
mistrust
repudiate
skewer
debase
knock off
write down
bring down
look down one's nose at
devaluate
compromise
humiliate
hammer
speak evil of
monster
throw mud at
lay into
put away
poormouth
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
sling mud at
take away from
blister
rip
squelch
squash
poor mouth
pooh pooh
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
cut to the quick
minimalize
miniaturise
UK
knock down
brush off
cut rate
attenuate
abbreviate
miniaturize
US
abate
dwarf
make light
brush aside
lambaste
maul
slag
reprehend
blame
carp at
flay
jeer at
savage
nit-pick
cavil at
reprobate
find fault
talk something down
give something a battering
carp
skin
cavil
give a bad press to
denunciate
pick to pieces
clamor against
humble
look down on
disgrace
spurn
discountenance
besmirch
stigmatize
US
inveigh against
blacken
dishonour
UK
rail against
stigmatise
UK
pillory
dishonor
US
assail
give a bad name
shame
scandalize
US
excoriate
tarnish
scandalise
UK
sully
injure
taint
slash
reproach
smirch
give a black eye
vituperate against
stain
drag through the mire
fling mud at
arraign
do a number on
objurgate
damage
disapprove of
bring into disrepute
animadvert on
blot
spread scandal about
crucify
lace into
rate
berate
defile
cut up
jump on
spoil
castigate
disrespect
give some stick to
fulminate against
cast a slur on
nitpick about
mudsling
sledge
give flak to
befoul
muckrake
besmear
spot
run smear campaign
bring shame upon
tar and feather
reflect badly on
bring shame on
mortify
blacken the name of
scathe
reprove
soil
rip up and down
blotch
bring discredit to
breathe on
rebuke
abase
spread lies about
potshot
lambast
reprimand
belabor
US
despise
belabour
UK
dress down
bag on
tell lies about
deplore
execrate
ruin
taunt
chastise
offend
sully the reputation of
blacken the character of
hit
backbite
curse
foul
chasten
sink
scold
upbraid
embarrass
poison
take to task
run a smear campaign against
undermine
drag someone's name through the mud
sully someone's reputation
cut down
cane
reject
destroy
treat as unimportant
misrepresent
blacken the reputation of
chide
carpet
anathematize
prostitute
downcry
snub
conduct a smear campaign against
tear to pieces
fustigate
belie
badmouth
caricature
burlesque
gird
jeer
scoff
mar
come down on
demoralize
US
bawl out
chew out
pervert
villainize
demoralise
UK
lash
miscall
slang
rip up
sling mud
skin alive
nag at
blacken someone's name
haul over the coals
be rude to
call names
pass strictures upon
drag someone's name through the mire
write false reports about
tear a strip off
show up
throw shade
cast down
tear off a strip
mark wrong
spread tales about
call someone names
drag name through mud
crush
criticize severely
wreck
total
demolish
be critical of
tear apart
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
be malicious about
criticize unfairly
comment negatively
treat something lightly
speak of with disfavour
put-down
abhor
back-bite
talk trash
prejudice
detest
scourge
nag
proscribe
animadvert upon
condescend
gibe
twit
give a rocket
read the riot act
blackguard
drag through mud
lash into
make fun of
blemish
object
disapprove
discommend
expostulate
frown
mistreat
dig
demonize
US
cuss
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
lie about
deign
get angry with
persecute
oppress
cast slur on
put zingers on
bad mouth
have a pop at
demonise
UK
be against
find unacceptable
ride
zing
hose
give black eye
affront
annoy
rag on
call down
provoke
blow off
shout at
cuss out
swear at
prosecute
declaim
outrage
not go for
clobber
hurt
aggravate
look askance at
frown on
impeach
ostracise
UK
indict
ostracize
US
take dim view of
trim
fluff
slog
zap
slug
put a whammy on
wound
complain about
pick at
give bad press
cut to bits
run something down
give something a bad press
declaim against
charge with
put in a bad light
give a bad name to
desecrate
disfavour
UK
attaint
lose face
put someone in their place
disfavor
US
disregard
make someone eat crow
take down a peg or two
own
cause to lose face
to denigrate
upset
protest against
object to
take a dig at
slap
tease
take exception to
take a dim view of
irritate
disoblige
animadvert
complain
snipe at
rail
corrupt
hold forth against
tear to shreds
give offence to
step on one's toes
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
taint someone's name
blacken someone's character
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
tarnish someone's name
soil someone's name
mark down
take away
debauch
harm
deprave
bastardize
US
deteriorate
profane
warp
vitiate
canker
subvert
betray
admonish
take swipe at
throw stones at
impair
desensitize
US
brutalize
US
weaken
dehumanize
US
bollock
drag down
refute
dehumanise
UK
disbar
bastardise
UK
desensitise
UK
worsen
depose
bump
rule out
bemean
declass
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
brutalise
UK
rollick
decline
drop
fall
sell out
harangue
lose value
render worthless
beat down
argue with
assault verbally
disagree with
be untrue to oneself
abandon one's principles
pile in
remonstrate with
ream out
start on
sail into
start in
take on
give someone hell
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
rap over the knuckles
go for the jugular
give someone a bollocking
give someone a rocket
give someone a bad press
jump down one's throat
give someone a rollicking
give someone a roasting
blaspheme
strumpet
plaster
blacken name
defame someone's character
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Verb
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Take the edge off sth
take the edge off sth
alleviate
blunt
dampen
defuse
dilute
lessen
mitigate
reduce
relieve
tone down
Verb
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To harshly mock
deride
mock
ridicule
jeer
knock
scorn
taunt
disdain
disparage
insult
contemn
gibe
pillory
pooh-pooh
sneer
chaff
denigrate
detract
dismiss
flout
scoff
slight
jeer at
jibe
jibe at
lampoon
laugh at
satirise
UK
satirize
US
scoff at
scout
skewer
torment
vilify
banter
dis
jolly
kid
lout
pan
quiz
rag
rally
razz
rib
roast
slam
sneer at
twit
heap scorn on
hold up to ridicule
make fun of
poke fun at
pour scorn on
rag on
shoot down
dump on
flout at
make sport of
poke mullock at
put down
treat with contempt
cock a snook at
take the piss out of
do a number on
take the mickey out of
tease
josh
send up
belittle
wind up
parody
caricature
goof on
jive
make jokes about
sling off at
jest
needle
burlesque
joke
be sarcastic about
ride
guy
chiack
humiliate
mimic
revile
quip
sniff at
travesty
fun
make a monkey of
reject
spurn
jape
gird
despise
put on
diss
run down
haze
snub
laugh
decry
look down on
disrespect
criticize
US
affront
smoke
fleer
bait
spoof
goad
discount
heckle
disregard
rot
abuse
provoke
repudiate
make a fool of
deprecate
laugh to scorn
hate
shuck
criticise
UK
sledge
have on
sneeze at
fool
take off
show contempt for
treat contemptuously
hold in contempt
make a monkey out of
derogate
pull one's leg
deflate
pick on
abhor
hoot
annoy
high-hat
snoot
undervalue
aggravate
trash
outrage
misprize
laugh out of court
discredit
jab
raz
cartoon
slang
slur
harass
show up
poke borak at
gibe at
imitate
call names
slag off
wisecrack
look down upon
bad-mouth
gag
trash-talk
pull somebody's leg
minimize
US
mess around
pull someone's leg
mortify
make a game of
violate
condemn
rebuff
opprobriate
hector
defy
boo
depreciate
diminish
shun
minimise
UK
abominate
offend
be scornful about
manipulate
blow raspberries at
dig
hassle
be contemptuous about
play down
hurt
renounce
bother
make light of
slap
abase
regard with contempt
dishonor
US
hold up to shame
show contempt
tantalize
US
malign
harry
crack
underrate
swipe
dump
grin
leer
snigger
expose
unmask
tantalise
UK
feel contempt for
irritate
do
distort
pervert
hoax
wind someone up
turn up your nose at
yuck
yuk
dishonour
UK
swipe at
thumb nose at
ape
misrepresent
quip at
rank out
fool around
give Bronx cheer
look down nose at
fool about
talk down
rail at
turn up one's nose
make a laughing-stock
pull someone's chain
play a prank
take the mickey
play a practical joke
turn your nose up at
crush
downcry
write off
shame
comment negatively
make fun
snicker
smile
censure
flitter
frazzle
poke
caricaturize
pasquinade
squib
buffoon
get at
cock a snook
reproach
upbraid
twitter
brush aside
tear to pieces
disbelieve
takeoff
walk over
fleer at
scout at
fun at
make a joke of
dig at
wipe
wave aside
make little of
undermine
slam-dunk
snicker at
snigger at
curl one's lip
chill
loathe
amuse
flip
prank
divert
entertain
pun
sally
smile at
detest
look down one's nose at
thumb one's nose at
thumb one's nose
have a joke with
bite one's thumb at
express contempt
execrate
vilipend
copy
be contemptuous of
be allergic to
look down your nose at
worry
rubbish
sham
mime
do a takeoff of
impersonate
twist
sheikh
UK
do an impression of
sheik
US
exaggerate
turn up one's nose at
plague
dislike
deplore
hold up to scorn
badger
pester
vex
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
turn up your nose
bash
wound
vituperate
bedevil
shrink from
flame
poor-mouth
upset
curl one's lip at
catcall
hiss
interrupt
titillate
marginalize
US
find intolerable
disrelish
barrack
importune
dog
encourage
devil
disturb
arouse
nudge
gnaw
sound
beleaguer
excite
snap
slander
marginalise
UK
neglect
eschew
be repelled by
play on
make a mockery of
shout disapproval
shout down
shout at
flirt with
libel
defame
be at
blow raspberries
snipe
catcall at
shout disapproval at
comeback
hiss at
boo at
hoot at
whistle at
be above
cry down
impugn
allergic to
not be able to stomach
not be able to stand
feel contempt
not be able to bear
wipe out
mess
lead somebody on
lead on
calumniate
disoblige
have a go at
take a swipe at
tear down
speak ill of
hit out at
speak badly of
tear into
spit on
refuse
refute
piss over
confute
avoid
piss on
exploit
maltreat
victimize
US
oppress
spite
give a hard time
have a down on
asperse
poke fun
frolic
gambol
injure
miscall
have no use for
curse
debase
blister
degrade
contravene
make a crack
mistreat
torture
antagonize
US
ill-treat
consider beneath you
turn down
give offence to
disobey
expose to ridicule
break
consider beneath one
turn back on
curl your lip at
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
spit in the eye of
give someone a hard time
infringe
make someone a laughing stock
cause offence to
breach
be rude to
step on one's toes
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
cast aspersions on
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
call someone names
cut to the quick
misuse
wrong
ignore
turn nose up at
shuck someone
mess someone around
make a monkey out of someone
rot someone
mess about
mess someone about
put someone on
have someone on
play the fool
play tricks
play a joke
play a trick
infract
persecute
molest
harrow
ill-use
impose on
martyrize
take advantage of
antagonise
UK
victimise
UK
do an injustice to
martyr
go against
transgress against
fail to observe
step on the toes of
fail to comply with
rebel against
refuse to obey
go for jugular
hit where one lives
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
kick against
set at naught
fly in the face of
commit a breach of
set one's face against
be in breach of
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
displease
pique
gall
anger
rile
irk
scandalize
US
distress
disgust
scandalise
UK
nark
peeve
shock
put out
exasperate
disgruntle
ruffle
nettle
bug
agitate
dismay
pain
appall
US
sting
hack off
infuriate
incense
trouble
smear
rub up the wrong way
miff
horrify
perturb
rankle
revolt
enrage
sicken
fret
disgrace
repel
get
appal
UK
roil
get to
tick off
put someone's back up
grieve
madden
rattle
damage
traduce
repulse
discompose
disconcert
cool
besmirch
gravel
chafe
nauseate
aggrieve
tarnish
unnerve
give the cold shoulder
grate
exacerbate
belie
embarrass
shake up
rark
drag through the mud
drag through the mire
give a bad name
hack you off
burn up
gross out
do a hatchet job on
get on your nerves
rub the wrong way
harm
cold-shoulder
cut
stiff-arm
stiff
blacken
brush off
traumatize
US
jolt
floor
discomfort
zing
freeze out
upstage
taint
sully
smirch
nag
knock back
astound
shake
amaze
stigmatize
US
disquiet
cheapen
throw
give offence
jar
humble
give someone the brush-off
take no notice of
niggle
rankle with
scorch
demean
scare
awe
perplex
rasp
give someone the go-by
give the brush
backbite
traumatise
UK
hurt somebody's feelings
turn off
gripe
itch
frost
eat
speak evil of
throw mud at
fling mud at
sling mud at
kick in the teeth
be an affront to
put someone's nose out of joint
not give time of day
stigmatise
UK
make someone's hackles rise
ruffle someone's feathers
raise someone's hackles
cause offense
be offensive
tell lies about
get on one's nerves
get someone's back up
hurl insults at
run a smear campaign against
cast a slur on
give someone the hump
get across someone
take down
get in someone's hair
drive up the wall
get on your wick
give someone grief
blacken someone's name
bruise
hurl insults
give offense
dissatisfy
misbid
misrespect
put
confront
dispraise
back-bite
disaffect
discontent
give a zinger
inconvenience
blackguard
blackball
misplease
wing
frustrate
curdle
disappoint
chagrin
cap
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
lie about
blacken the character of
villainize
blacken the name of
tee off
scar
chivvy
beset
hound
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
hump
bum out
play dirty
cast slur on
put zingers on
anguish
sadden
cheat
wear on
discommode
mither
intrude upon
chivy
condescend
make miserable
crucify
attack somebody's dignity
heavy
set one's teeth on edge
get one's goat
stick in one's craw
blank
put your back up
deign
make one's hackles rise
afflict
get on someone's case
grate on
impede
bend someone's ear
pursue
cross
hinder
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
browbeat
bore
ire
enflame
inflame
cause suffering to
gnaw at
scratch
duck
snob
rebuke
burr
swank
ice
ostracise
UK
coldshoulder
scold
boycott
ostracize
US
mad
get on someone's wick
get up your nose
get in your hair
arouse hostility in
be on your back
rattle someone's cage
get your back up
get under someone's skin
get someone's dander up
get up someone's nose
get under your skin
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
trespass
do in
stun
ice out
pass up
act cool
do wrong to
do injury to
do a disservice to
bad mouth
offend against
hurt one's feelings
hurt the feelings of
look coldly upon
look right through
give the brushoff
boil over
fire up
make indignant
whip up
steam up
make your blood boil
cause offense to
stagger
rock
unsettle
knock down
cast down
cut down to size
astonish
surprise
startle
impose upon
sin against
give someone a slap in the face
put the chill on
blame
compromise
dumbfound
devalue
stain
daze
stupefy
bewilder
do the dirty on
keep someone at arm's length
look right through someone
soil
foul
lower
chasten
sink
paralyse
UK
dumfound
flabbergast
reflect badly on
besmear
overwhelm
overcome
abash
disconsider
bring shame upon
put in a bad light
reflect on
puncture
disfavour
UK
damage someone's reputation
mudsling
frown upon
disfavor
US
bring into disrepute
bring to naught
poke full of holes
shoot
ruin
destroy someone's credibility
disesteem
take rug out from under
blow up
bring into disfavour
destroy
show in a bad light
knock bottom out of
consternate
depress
faze
petrify
affright
dishearten
intimidate
daunt
terrify
alarm
frighten
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
bowl over
paralyze
US
completely surprise
give a turn
throw a curve
make someone's blood run cold
numb
devastate
thunderstrike
raise someone's eyebrows
set someone back on their heels
take aback
electrify
knock for six
shake out of your complacency
give someone a turn
hit like ton of bricks
incite
grill
squick
abrade
start
knock for a loop
reluct
be repugnant to
cause aversion
cause to feel nauseous
make someone want to throw up
make one sick
surfeit
put off
turn one's stomach
be distasteful to
cloy on
offend morals of
be repulsive to
pall
disenchant
make shudder
be repulsive
fill with loathing
turn your stomach
put someone out
blot
get under one's skin
send into a rage
try someone's patience
get on someone's nerves
work into lather
try one's patience
make angry
attack
defile
stir up
make someone's blood boil
make blood boil
set on
set one off
take a rise out of
make waves
get a rise out of
assail
muckrake
skip
fail
omit
turn one off
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
blaspheme
strumpet
plaster
hit
show disrespect
show disrespect for
blink at
shrug off
get someone's goat
turn deaf ear to
give the cold shoulder to
spread scandal about
turn one's back on
sling mud
defame someone's character
blacken name
sully someone's reputation
run smear campaign
more ❯
Verb
▲
Blame, detract from
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
UK
demean
disparage
smear
degrade
humiliate
shame
slander
slur
vilify
blame
compromise
defame
stigmatise
UK
stigmatize
US
belittle
denigrate
devalue
diminish
smirch
stain
taint
abase
besmirch
calumniate
chasten
cheapen
debase
dishonor
US
foul
humble
lower
malign
sink
soil
sully
tarnish
besmear
reflect badly on
bring into disfavour
bring into disrepute
censure
destroy
disconsider
disesteem
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
drag through the mire
drag through the mud
expose
insult
mudsling
pooh-pooh
puncture
reproach
ruin
shoot
take down
cast aspersions on
put in a bad light
show in a bad light
blow up
bring shame upon
frown upon
give a bad name
put down
reflect on
run down
show up
tear down
bring to naught
do a hatchet job on
knock bottom out of
poke full of holes
take rug out from under
blacken someone's name
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
damage
do discredit to
tarnish the reputation of
damage the reputation of
blemish the reputation of
be a discredit to
give a bad name to
become a blot of the escutcheon of
become a stain of the escutcheon of
blacken
libel
blot
derogate
traduce
asperse
decry
bad-mouth
injure
embarrass
mortify
defile
give a black eye
bring shame on
speak ill of
scandalize
US
rubbish
knock
reduce
scandalise
UK
bring discredit to
slag off
attack
pan
spoil
disrespect
fling mud at
take down a peg
cut down to size
slight
befoul
slam
sling mud at
spot
cast down
abash
deride
rip
deflate
blemish
bring shame to
assail
muckrake
blister
dump on
blacken the name of
do a number on
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
crush
revile
blotch
drag down
bemean
breathe on
speak evil of
brand
roast
vilipend
tar and feather
bring down
denounce
bring low
subdue
take down a peg or two
rip up and down
abuse
impugn
put someone in their place
make someone eat crow
pillory
poison
hurt
squash
own
detract
prostitute
offend
harm
corrupt
shoot down
scorch
throw mud at
downgrade
debauch
run smear campaign
blacken the reputation of
condemn
undermine
snub
discomfit
flatten
pour scorn on
vituperate
contemn
make a fool of
spread lies about
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
mar
take to pieces
demoralize
US
pervert
deprave
demoralise
UK
bring dishonour to
berate
quash
lambaste
chagrin
ridicule
rail against
inveigh against
fulminate against
tell lies about
criticize
US
cut to the quick
lower the status of
cause to lose face
label
slate
settle someone's hash
drag someone's name through the mud
make ashamed
pull apart
bash
skewer
hammer
lay into
jump on
sully the reputation of
mistreat
blight
bag
pummel
US
monster
misrepresent
tear into
characterize
US
conduct a smear campaign against
hit out at
condescend
mark
deign
dis
class
classify
outrage
have a go at
stoop
wound
throw brickbats at
criticise
UK
pummelled
UK
bastardize
US
lessen
deteriorate
profane
warp
vitiate
canker
subvert
badmouth
upset
villainize
curse
descend
characterise
UK
weaken
demote
caricature
burlesque
mock
disoblige
skin alive
attaint
mark out
bastardise
UK
break
reflect negatively
kick in the teeth
cast a slur
run a smear campaign against
poor-mouth
pull down
reduce the status of
make lose face
write false reports about
muddy the reputation of
have the last laugh on
drag someone's name through the mire
cast in a bad light
harm the reputation of
get the better of
sully someone's reputation
take the wind out of someone's sails
mark wrong
spread tales about
drag name through mud
speak badly of
prejudice
depress
blackguard
back-bite
crawl
demolish
touch
darken
desecrate
disregard
subjugate
cow
tar
sling mud
be prejudicial to
drag through mud
lose face
lie about
blacken the character of
belie
deprecate
curb
scorn
despise
disconcert
categorize
US
depreciate
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
tame
let down
take apart
discountenance
wither
identify
describe
soften
discipline
restrain
vanquish
confound
confuse
downplay
cast slur on
put zingers on
betray
silence
overcome
squelch
blot one's copybook
afflict
check
repress
call
categorise
UK
name
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
play down
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
put one away
strike dumb
put away
bring down a peg
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
take to bits
impair
desensitize
US
brutalize
US
dehumanize
US
minimize
US
decline
drop
minimise
UK
fall
undervalue
succumb
dehumanise
UK
disbar
desensitise
UK
worsen
depose
bump
declass
bench
brutalise
UK
devaluate
disable
cripple
enfeeble
debilitate
sap
sell out
maltreat
oppress
ill-treat
put in your place
lose value
render worthless
beat down
accuse of being
rule out
cut down
do down
cheat
ill-use
stamp
designate
tag
label negatively
lower oneself
debase oneself
be reduced to
debase yourself
demean yourself
lower yourself
be reduced
demean oneself
be untrue to oneself
knock down
rap
dig
demonize
US
cuss
caluminate
voodoo
jinx
abandon one's principles
demonise
UK
pull to pieces
affront
annoy
dress down
rag on
call down
rip up
provoke
aggrieve
persecute
trespass
wrong
aggravate
do wrong to
do injury to
do a disservice to
bad mouth
do an injustice to
offend against
miff
diss
zing
taunt
spatter
put a whammy on
backbite
chop
insinuate
push
cap
impose upon
sin against
slap
cast a slur upon
tease
take advantage of
do the dirty on
blow off
cut up
irritate
slap in the face
hit where one lives
discourage
sledge
miscall
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
disillusion
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
taint someone's name
blacken someone's character
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
tarnish someone's name
soil someone's name
give offence to
explode
disprove
cause offence to
be rude to
trash-talk
sneer at
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
call names
hurt someone's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
call someone names
blow sky high
knock bottom out
shoot full of holes
knock props from under
take wind out of sails
more ❯
Verb
▲
To spoil or be the one bad feature of
mar
spoil
blemish
ruin
scar
flaw
impair
deform
disfigure
injure
mutilate
darken
deface
maim
poison
stain
taint
tarnish
touch
vitiate
mangle
damage
destabilize
US
weaken
destabilise
UK
shake
harm
wreck
undermine
jeopardize
US
sabotage
cripple
subvert
compromise
hinder
destroy
deteriorate
disrupt
debilitate
impoverish
break
diminish
ravage
annihilate
crush
afflict
blight
devitalize
trash
impede
depress
wound
incapacitate
corrupt
enervate
corrode
dismantle
disable
torpedo
batter
shock
endamage
shatter
debase
scorch
inconvenience
smash
bloody
sap
blast
enfeeble
cross up
wither
crab
screw up
mess up
shake up
hurt
interfere with
take out
foul up
jeopardise
UK
smash up
louse up
muck up
rough up
be detrimental to
do harm to
cause detriment to
wreak havoc on
put out of commission
put out of action
throw a monkey wrench into
wrench
twist
sprain
rick
total
crick
strain
distort
pull
defile
sully
bruise
blot
vandalize
US
tear
threaten
devastate
demolish
lame
prejudice
paralyse
UK
reduce
vandalise
UK
scratch
blunt
disfeature
turn
upset
paralyze
US
hamstring
pollute
disgrace
invalidate
disqualify
scathe
attenuate
cramp
infect
put the kibosh on
thwart
mangulate
besmirch
wear away
crool
lessen
smirch
lacerate
undo
shame
uglify
dislocate
queer
indispose
contort
prostrate
tweak
cut
dent
despoil
play havoc with
immobilize
US
waste
exhaust
unfit
drag through the mud
erode
wrong
unstrengthen
immobilise
UK
knock out
jar
worsen
traumatize
US
maul
abuse
degrade
eat away
warp
emasculate
decrease
contaminate
discredit
influence
affect
soil
scotch
scupper
discolour
UK
discolor
US
hack
demoralize
US
burn
dismember
dishonour
UK
devalue
knacker
blacken
botch
dirty
stretch
ding
dishonor
US
foil
brand
traumatise
UK
hog-tie
cheapen
bend
hamper
blow
desecrate
cut up
squash
pervert
soften
demoralise
UK
do in
hack up
do damage to
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
restrict
play merry hell with
stab
put a damper on
torpefy
have a bad effect on
be deleterious to
lay up
inactivate
disenable
pinch
make useless
drive a nail into the coffin of
throw monkey wrench in
be a blot on the landscape
kibosh
unbrace
make unattractive
make ugly
muzzle
shoot down
pinion
render incapable
hogtie
hock
handicap
disarm
consume
molest
shiver
use up
disserve
endanger
annoy
kink
befoul
imperil
obliterate
whittle
detract
blotch
speckle
tag
bodge
devaluate
cost
dilapidate
misshape
lower
depreciate
demean
mark
water down
make a mess of
disfashion
put at risk
clip wings
lose strength
mayhem
massacre
gimp
castrate
truncate
sour
color
US
colour
UK
butcher
hospitalize
US
make powerless
have a negative effect on
make unfit
spike
render powerless
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
shrink
trouble
pull down
impact
overcome
result in damage to
lead to the end of
strike
plunder
depredate
sack
pillage
desolate
spoliate
perturb
take the edge off
sap the strength of
pull the rug out from under
score
scrape
beat
slash
take apart
bankrupt
occur
prevail
invalid
hospitalise
UK
overwhelm
limit
adulterate
expurgate
censor
bowdlerize
US
impinge
stifle
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
amputate
cut to pieces
tear limb from limb
bowdlerise
UK
hash up
tear apart
put on the sick list
strike down
spread to
strike at
take hold of
attack
smear
pique
aggrieve
foul
grieve
torture
pain
wax
torment
distress
sting
gut
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
rain on someone's parade
stigmatize
US
halt
raze
overexert
stop
jam
crack
maltreat
split
rot
disintegrate
gnaw
rust
draw blood
do mischief to
weary
tire
bleach
fade
deactivate
freeze
wring
wrest
rack
cause injury
bang up
tamper with
drain
fatigue
etiolate
clamp
wheel-clamp
defame
encumber
extenuate
eviscerate
tie
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
arrest
slander
squeeze
compel
dislodge
drag
extract
screw
coerce
rend
exact
stigmatise
UK
deprave
tar
make feeble
confine to a wheelchair
make weak
confine to bed
render infirm
wear out
lay low
malign
whittle away
disempower
cast a slur
put out of joint
slur
mine
dig
frustrate
tunnel
sandbag
wear
challenge
libel
blot one's copybook
give a bad name
denigrate
disparage
censure
dig out
hollow out
besmear
clip one's wings
chip away at
queer the pitch of
asperse
poke full of holes
scandalize
US
knock the bottom out of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
muckrake
disrespect
mortify
dishearten
scandalise
UK
bring shame upon
drag through the mire
bring discredit to
sling mud at
fling mud at
bring shame on
deflate
dispirit
chagrin
deject
abash
flatten
discourage
dump
psych out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To overpower by weight
preponderate
predominate
rule
dominate
prevail
boss
command
control
dictate
direct
domineer
eclipse
handle
head
influence
lead
manage
monopolise
UK
monopolize
US
outnumber
outshine
overbear
overrule
overshadow
reign
run
subject
subjugate
superabound
sway
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
reign supreme
hold sway
prevail over
call the shots
have one's way
have upper hand
hold sway over
keep under thumb
play first fiddle
rule the roost
run the show
lay down the law
lead by the nose
sit on top of
oppress
govern
bully
intimidate
conquer
boss around
boss about
ride roughshod over
push around
push about
have the upper hand over
trample on
be in the saddle
walk all over
exercise control over
master
overpower
hegemonize
subordinate
subdue
vanquish
pacify
be in command of
take over
be the boss of
keep under your thumb
call the tune
have under one's thumb
preside over
be at the helm
have ascendancy over
have the whip hand over
rule the roost in
wear the trousers
have the upper hand in
head up
have mastery over
be in charge of
be in control of
determine
regulate
steer
have control of
have command over
be pre-eminent over
have power over
browbeat
hector
pressurize
US
bulldoze
persecute
threaten
terrorize
US
menace
railroad
bluster
squeeze
swagger
bend
henpeck
pressurise
UK
terrorise
UK
strong-arm
run things
order about
rule with a rod of iron
order around
put the screws on
bend to one's will
lord it over
in the driver's seat
throw weight around
give orders to
dictate to
use strong-arm tactics on
lean on
be overbearing
push the buttons
rule with an iron hand
kick around
cow
hound
harass
harry
frighten
coerce
dragoon
badger
pressure
force
compel
nag
blackjack
bludgeon
goad
bullyrag
bogart
push
pester
despotize
mau-mau
pick on
constrain
press
oblige
hustle
prod
brainwash
persuade
buffalo
bring pressure to bear on
enforce
overawe
act on
prevail on
put the squeeze on
put pressure on
walk heavy
press-gang
work on
ride roughshod
use pressure on
fast-talk
put under an obligation
turn on the heat
mistreat
torment
maltreat
distress
scare
tyrranize
aggrieve
castigate
victimize
US
abuse
manhandle
misuse
overwhelm
victimise
UK
torture
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
mishandle
twist somebody's arm
put heat on
play the heavy with
ill-treat
mess over
treat harshly
ill-use
put down
be cruel to
be brutal to
put through the wringer
put the chill on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make or become angry, unhappy, or gloomy
darken
blacken
deject
sadden
become gloomy
make gloomy
oppress
upset
become angry
become annoyed
become depressed
become unhappy
cast down
cloud
make angry
make annoyed
make depressed
make unhappy
become cast down
become dejected
become dispirited
become troubled
make dispirited
make troubled
weigh down
go crook
grow troubled
dampen the spirits of
cast a gloom upon
cast a pall over
Verb
▲
Cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
dwarf
dominate
stunt
overlook
overshadow
suppress
check
lower
overtop
retard
tower above
belittle
dim
hinder
micrify
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
minify
predominate
shrink
tower over
stand over
cultivate by bonsai
loom over
make small
rise above
look down upon
stand head and shoulders above
command
bestride
survey
straddle
overhang
span
overlie
cloud
hang over
jut over
project over
extend across
be the most important person in
Verb
▲
To steal the limelight from
overshadow
minimise
UK
minimize
US
reduce
put a damper on
take the pleasure out of
steal spotlight
take precedence
take precedence over
take the pleasure
render insignificant by comparison
steal the limelight from
take the edge off
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detract from
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