“But there is a large public more discriminating who would scorn to be associated with those people we have just named, and yet they share a good number of their tastes.”

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Past tense for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

belittled

minimised^UK

minimized^US

criticised^UK

criticized^US

degraded

trivialised^UK

trivialized^US

dragged through the mud

picked holes in

cut down to size

did a hatchet job on

done a hatchet job on

looked down one's nose at

libeled^US

libelled^UK

dishonoured^UK

dishonored^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

tore into

torn into

knocked off high horse

pummelled^UK

stigmatized^US

pummeled^US

stigmatised^UK

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

brought into disrepute

arraigned

slashed

dragged through the mire

belabored^US

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

belaboured^UK

blackened the name of

blackened the character of

blemished

sullied the reputation of

blackened the reputation of

abased

caned

conducted a smear campaign against

treated disrespectfully

skinned alive

skinned

cut dead

hurt somebody's feelings

hauled over the coals

passed strictures upon

gave someone a roasting

given someone a roasting

demonized^US

demonised^UK

run a smear campaign against

ostracized^US

ostracised^UK

stepped on one's toes

rapped over the knuckles

snapped someone's head off

brought into disfavour

given someone a bad press

gave someone a bad press

hurled insults at

jumped down one's throat

dragged someone's name through the mud

blackened someone's name

jumped down someone's throat

spoke of with disfavour

spoken of with disfavour

ran a smear campaign against

gave someone a dressing-down

given someone a dressing-down

given something a bad press

gave something a bad press

shown in a bad light

showed in a bad light

bit someone's head off

bitten someone's head off

gave someone a rollicking

given someone a bollocking

given someone a rollicking

gave someone a bollocking

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Past tense for to subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

satirised^UK

satirized^US

treated with contempt

made a laughing-stock

made a monkey out of

took the piss out of

taken the piss out of

laughed out of court

made someone a laughing stock

treated contemptuously

shouted disapproval at

criticised^UK

criticized^US

given the Bronx cheer to

gave the Bronx cheer to

pulled someone's chain

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

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Past tense for to mock, ridicule or snub with disdain or contempt

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Past tense for to feel distaste for or hostility towards

regarded with disgust

regarded with distaste

regarded with contempt

felt aversion towards

felt revulsion towards

had a poor opinion of

felt repugnance towards

looked down one's nose at

had a strong aversion to

regarded with repugnance

felt contempt

treated with contempt

viewed with disfavour

turned your nose up at

beared a grudge against

felt hostility towards

felt repugnance toward

complained about

disliked intensely

felt hostility toward

accurst

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Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

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Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something

ostracised^UK

ostracized^US

gave the cold shoulder

given the cold shoulder

had nothing to do with

gave a wide berth to

given a wide berth to

gave someone the brush-off

given someone the brush-off

gave someone the go-by

given someone the go-by

gave someone the push

given someone the push

gave the elbow

given the elbow

had nothing more to do with

left out in the cold

gave someone the air

given someone the air

gave someone the big E

given someone the big E

sent to Coventry

handed someone the frozen mitt

told someone where to get off

looked straight through

gave the cold shoulder to

given the cold shoulder to

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Past tense for to exercise or express disbelief or doubt

Verb

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Past tense for to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

reviled

castigated

criticised^UK

criticized^US

pummelled^UK

pummeled^US

reprobated

bagged

skewered

stigmatised^UK

stigmatized^US

hauled over the coals

ostracised^UK

cavilled^UK

ostracized^US

caviled^US

rapped over the knuckles

gave someone a roasting

gave someone a bad press

backbit

given someone hell

given someone a roasting

gave someone hell

given someone a bad press

gave a rocket

gave someone a rollicking

given a rocket

given someone a rollicking

tore apart

torn apart

torn off a strip

given someone a bollocking

tore off a strip

gave someone a bollocking

slapped someone's wrist

gave someone a mouthful

gave someone a rating

gave someone a dressing-down

given someone a dressing-down

gave someone an earful

given someone a telling-off

came down on

given someone a mouthful

given someone an earful

given someone a rating

gave someone a telling-off

given someone what for

given someone a caning

given someone a row

gave someone a caning

blown up

gave someone a wigging

had someone on the carpet

sent someone away with a flea in their ear

jumped down someone's throat

given someone a wigging

gave someone what for

praught

taunted

gave someone some stick

went on at

bitten someone's head off

given the business

gave the business

given someone some stick

took to the woodshed

bit someone's head off

gone on at

taken to the woodshed

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Past tense for to hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

Verb

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Past tense for to face or confront something or someone that is hostile

knocked chip off shoulder

stepped over the line

come face to face with

came face to face with

met eyeball-to-eyeball

persevered in the face of

held the line against

taken up the gauntlet

looked straight in the eye

defied danger

gone the distance against

initiated a discussion with

accepted a challenge

discussed something with

treated with contempt

hung on

remonstrated with

went the distance against

called someone's bluff

thrown down the gauntlet at

threw down the gauntlet at

taken the bull by the horns

took the bull by the horns

spoken to

spoke to

took a stand against

taken a stand against

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Past tense for to speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language

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