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“I am shocked and dismayed to learn that our neighbors to the north have government officials who play politics just like ours do down here in the barbarian south.”

Verb

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Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

doing a hatchet job on

dragging through the mud

casting aspersions on

pulling to pieces

taking down

tearing into

look down one's nose at

libeling^US

libelling^UK

giving a bad press to

shooting full of holes

pummelling^UK

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

bringing into disrepute

ragging on

spreading lies about

throwing mud at

conducting a smear campaign against

sullying the reputation of

throwing brickbats at

stigmatising^UK

blackening the reputation of

speaking evil of

blackening the name of

dishonoring^US

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

spreading scandal about

hauling over the coals

belaboring^US

running smear campaign

belabouring^UK

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

giving someone a bad press

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a bollocking

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

treating with contempt

blackening the character of

letting someone have it

undermining

running a smear campaign against

holding up to ridicule

glossing over

giving something a bad press

jesting

blackening someone's name

giving something a battering

rating too low

remonstrating

setting little store by

passing strictures upon

doing an injustice to

railing at

raking over the coals

laying down the law

dragging someone's name through the mud

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone an earful

pitching into

ranting at

turning your nose up at

holding in contempt

kicking up a stink about

giving someone a dressing-down

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

expressing disapproval of

treating disrespectfully

putting in a bad light

showing up

opposing

taking the piss out of

brushing off

shrugging off

taking the mickey

writing false reports about

spreading tales about

regarding with contempt

jumping down one's throat

marking wrong

ticking off

dragging name through mud

giving the business

giving someone a wigging

thinking too little of

bringing to book

going on about

slapping someone's wrist

yelling at

giving comeuppance

making a fuss about

giving someone some stick

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

lowering the status of

ranking out

looking down upon

kicking up a fuss about

lighting to

turning up one's nose

setting no store by

quipping at

giving Bronx cheer

speaking of with disfavour

commenting negatively

harshing

labelling^UK

labeling^US

holding forth against

reviewing unfavorably

knocking off high horse

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

jumping on one's case

going for the jugular

lashing out

snapping someone's head off

biting someone's head off

losing face

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

treating contemptuously

hurting somebody's feelings

shunning

stepping on one's toes

showing in a bad light

cocking a snook

telling someone to get lost

bringing into disfavour

brutalizing^US

giving the cold shoulder to

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

curling one's lip

sweeping aside

refusing to acknowledge

brutalising^UK

doing an impression of

doing a takeoff of

thumbing one's nose

taking to the woodshed

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

blowing up

giving someone a caning

going on at

keeping after

having someone on the carpet

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

raising objections to

complaining vociferously about

fighting

lodging a protest against

combatting

taking exception

taking a stand against

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