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What is another word for
take down
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▲
Verb
To take or bring to a lower (vertical) level
To take apart or break down
To note or record in writing
To dishonor, degrade or discredit someone or something
To confront through the use of military force
To beat in a contest
To decrease in amount or degree
(
of an action or event
)
To prevent from happening
To cause a flying object to make a landing
To completely destroy, especially by pulling to the ground
To remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.)
To hold or write a review of
To take the life of
To criticize or express contempt for
To make (someone or something) late or slow
To dismiss from a job
To admonish or reproach angrily
Noun
An act or expression showing scorn
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
To take or bring to a lower (vertical) level
lower
drop
haul down
let fall
let sink
move down
pull down
push down
set down
let down
make lower
ground
bring low
bring down
lay
throw down
vail
strike
demit
couch
hand down
submerge
throw
detrude
cast down
sink
tip
cause to sink
plunge
dip
subduct
move downwards
force downward
“Now she goes into Frank's room and begins to methodically
take down
the curtains.”
Verb
▲
To take apart or break down
dismantle
disassemble
dismount
strike
demount
dismember
knock down
break down
take apart
undo
strip
deconstruct
chop up
break up
cut up
cut into pieces
divide up
tear apart
segment
pull apart
divide
pull to pieces
take to pieces
pull to bits
rip to shreds
unmake
strip down
rip to pieces
destroy
disaggregate
pull down
part out
take to bits
unrig
unbuild
“You then hire the necessary staff to set up or
take down
furniture, sound systems, and so on.”
Verb
▲
To note or record in writing
record
note
register
log
report
mark
minute
inscribe
transcribe
write down
set down
jot down
put down
note down
put on record
make a note of
put in writing
commit to paper
chronicle
document
write
catalogue
UK
enter
catalog
US
file
scribble
list
scrawl
tabulate
diarize
chart
put down on paper
put on paper
mark down
book
draft
US
jot
detail
index
post
draught
UK
enrol
UK
enumerate
enroll
US
put on file
copy
put in black and white
pencil
compose
schedule
slate
pen
make an inventory of
dash off
write in
archive
script
scribe
write up
author
docket
formulate
indite
keep a record
put in
write about
rewrite
put down in black and white
engross
indicate
autograph
write out
keep a note of
keep details
scratch out
set forth
take notes
draw up
tally
book down
lodge
keep
matriculate
submit
pick up
preserve
duly note
keep account
keep information
rough out
designate
mention
denote
notate
cite
describe
scan
audit
set down in writing
keep a record of
keep account of
keep a tab on
set down in black and white
keep track of
particularise
UK
instance
keep details of
particularize
US
check
trace
track
commit
knock out
knock off
letter
ghost
address
scriven
push a pencil
make a list of
bang out
tell
reproduce
engrave
typewrite
squiggle
chalk
turn out
ink
put pen to paper
doodle
print
key
take
input
type
show
insert
key in
introduce
inject
tape
write in full
reprint
copy in full
decipher
print out
tape-record
set out
duplicate
transfer
copy out
type out
place
table
inventory
alphabetize
add
summarize
US
lay
advance
tender
summarise
UK
present
press
proffer
prefer
put forward
scribble down
confirm in writing
excerpt
include
vote
follow
feed into
outline
bring
bill
cast
affix
enlist
inventorize
blog
poll
fill in
load
itemize
US
categorize
US
store
keep count of
make note of
systematize
US
rank
group
sort
capture
keep count
systemize
accession
systematise
UK
itemise
UK
classify
code
process
peg
tab
keyboard
categorise
UK
specialise
UK
type in
specialize
US
feed in
enter data
put down as
put down for
offer
announce
plan
state
volunteer
propose
timetable
arrange
organize
US
proposition
programme
UK
time
reserve
set
appoint
program
US
hand in
roster
diary
organise
UK
card
engage
sew up
pencil in
slot in
write in one's book
make arrangements for
fix a time for
line up
set up
get on line
more ❯
“I was prompted by the sheer lack of responsibility and ethics to
take down
my thoughts on the matter.”
Verb
▲
To dishonor, degrade or discredit someone or something
disgrace
shame
humiliate
degrade
discredit
humble
demean
debase
lower
dishonour
UK
abase
dishonor
US
chasten
smirch
cheapen
sink
foul
embarrass
mortify
abash
crush
deflate
demolish
pull down
take apart
take to bits
take to pieces
belittle
cut down to size
disparage
denigrate
put down
take down a peg
bring down
cast down
devalue
smear
defame
taint
drag through the mud
tear down
bring low
downgrade
diminish
take down a peg or two
shoot down
tarnish
stigmatize
US
blacken
squash
stigmatise
UK
make someone eat crow
bring shame to
show up
sully
stain
subdue
derogate
blot
own
snub
bemean
run down
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
lower the status of
put someone in their place
undervalue
pan
make a fool of
bring into disrepute
reflect badly on
drag down
besmirch
discomfit
flatten
quash
depreciate
minimize
US
decry
slur
besmear
lessen
reduce
chagrin
scorn
ridicule
pooh-pooh
give a bad name to
detract from
give a black eye
minimise
UK
show in a bad light
make ashamed
cause to lose face
bad-mouth
detract
bring shame on
blemish
corrupt
debauch
dismiss
deprecate
dis
deride
prostitute
knock
trivialize
US
underrate
slam
break
underestimate
cry down
make lose face
take the wind out of your sails
do a hatchet job on
trivialise
UK
sneer at
hold cheap
put in a bad light
play down
poor-mouth
scoff at
treat lightly
settle someone's hash
drag through the mire
defile
write off
misprize
demote
slander
bastardize
US
vilify
expose
scandalize
US
malign
discount
diss
vilipend
profane
trash
demoralize
US
cow
censure
reproach
insult
mock
give a bad name
deign
condescend
rubbish
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
slate
compromise
stoop
blacken the name of
bring shame upon
dehumanise
UK
dump on
do down
descend
slag off
poor mouth
minify
demoralise
UK
kiss off
bastardise
UK
marginalize
US
cause to feel small
have a go at
get the better of
have the last laugh on
cast aspersions on
blister
cut down
bring dishonour to
desecrate
sell short
rip
squelch
make light of
mar
dehumanize
US
talk down
marginalise
UK
trash-talk
pull apart
bring discredit to
discountenance
scandalise
UK
reduce the status of
hit out at
downplay
pick holes in
cut to the quick
disdain
disapprove
make little of
get one's comeuppance
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
disconcert
put in one's place
tame
blight
be prejudicial to
ruin
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
put out of countenance
wither
confuse
vanquish
beclown
dispirit
betray
sell out
be untrue to oneself
abandon one's principles
beat down
dishearten
calumniate
discourage
knock the stuffing out of
let wind out of sails
kick in the teeth
criticize
US
silence
overcome
fix someone's wagon
put away
bring down a peg
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
upset
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
put one away
strike dumb
soil
mudsling
lower oneself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
succumb
revile
scorch
abuse
understate
pour scorn on
criticise
UK
dispraise
laugh off
condemn
asperse
pooh pooh
bash
take a swipe at
roast
shoot full of holes
laugh at
sour grapes
ruin the reputation of
destroy someone's credibility
disesteem
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
injure
spot
disregard
tar and feather
disrespect
attaint
lose face
libel
brand
knock down
contemn
despise
vitiate
pervert
subvert
deprave
harm
cast a slur
deteriorate
warp
lower in rank
poison
damage
lower in status
undermine
relegate
cripple
knock off
traduce
write down
look down one's nose at
canker
declass
debilitate
devaluate
bump
set back
revert
mark down
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
disrate
bust
spoil
befoul
speak ill of
blotch
attack
breathe on
muckrake
do a number on
fling mud at
sling mud at
cast a slur on
assail
rip up and down
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
dirty
smudge
daub
denounce
pollute
hurt
tar
damage the reputation of
label
muddy
contaminate
mark
pillory
offend
begrime
slight
prejudice
grime
discolour
UK
mire
muck
bemire
spatter
splash
distain
splatter
gaum
discolor
US
speak evil of
reflect negatively
make dirty
back-bite
make filthy
get filthy
get dirty
cast in a bad light
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
destroy
badmouth
blackguard
sling mud
impugn
impair
touch
darken
misrepresent
slag
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
bedaub
infect
despoil
anoint
zing
cloud
insinuate
maculate
mess
muss
mess up
make mucky
muss up
muck up
blot your copybook
gossip about
cut up
adulterate
skin alive
deform
disfigure
waste
deface
violate
ravage
distort
slap in the face
hit where one lives
cast a slur upon
characterize
US
weaken
dilute
tinge
brutalize
US
bestialize
class
categorize
US
classify
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
rap
fault
spurn
do discredit to
become a stain of the escutcheon of
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
be a discredit to
vituperate
identify
describe
find fault with
look down on
villainize
belie
characterise
UK
call
categorise
UK
name
mark out
throw mud at
label negatively
accuse of being
tell lies about
run a smear campaign against
blacken the character of
lie about
cast slur on
more ❯
“If you tell Eric that you don't want to go out with him, that would
take
him
down
a peg or two.”
Verb
▲
To confront through the use of military force
attack
invade
assault
raid
strike
blitz
infiltrate
storm
conquer
penetrate
secure
breach
rush
beset
bombard
pillage
advance
assail
seize
ambush
infringe
overwhelm
plunder
pounce
charge
maraud
combat
ravage
strafe
encroach
occupy
capture
shell
begin hostilities
descend upon
fire at
fire on
march into
surge over
swoop on
begin an assault
take the offensive
aggress
take
sick
sic
bushwhack
trash
set on
descend on
make a foray on
set upon
attempt to capture
make an onslaught on
take by storm
conduct an offensive on
make a raid on
make a sortie on
pounce on
pounce upon
lay into
set in on
go in
go in on
tear into
turn on
surge into
come at
take on
jump on
fly at
besiege
fall on
light into
overrun
pitch into
make an assault on
launch an attack on
launch oneself at
round on
foray into
jump
foray
set about
let fly at
fall upon
lace into
go at
accost
strike at
beat up
get stuck into
let someone have it
sail into
set at
have a go at
belabour
UK
descend
surprise
mug
belabor
US
advance on
work over
weigh into
have at
hit out at
lash out at
wade into
beat up on
launch an attack
subjugate
overcome
swarm
inroad
charge at
run at
blast
rout
blindside
maltreat
impugn
smash
bust
encounter
terrorize
US
terrorise
UK
swarm over
harry
beat someone up
rough up
shoot down
smite
sally
torpedo
bomb
afflict
hit
devastate
fight
go for
take somebody or something by storm
zerg
open fire on
waylay
lunge at
deal a blow to
sally forth
deal a blow
make an assault
march on
make inroads on
make an attack
swoop down upon
hold up
appear
arrive
come in force
arrive in hordes
drop in
turn up
show up
strike out at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To beat in a contest
best
beat
defeat
conquer
knock off
overcome
triumph over
trounce
prevail over
put away
rout
beat up
cream
crush
drub
floor
overthrow
overwhelm
subdue
take care of
thrash
total
trash
vanquish
whip
wipe the floor with
blast
deck
demolish
knock out
KO
lick
shut down
smash
wallop
waste
wipe out
bulldoze
clobber
lambaste
master
shoot down
tan
wax
checkmate
humble
put someone in their place
quell
whomp
annihilate
blow away
blow out
dispatch
edge out
flatten
outfight
overbear
overmatch
overpower
slaughter
subjugate
unseat
upend
upset
win against
blow out of the water
put in the shade
run rings around
tank
undo
pip at the post
worst
skunk
surmount
get the better of
stop
take
get
trim
hammer
get around
own
stuff
make mincemeat of
paste
shellac
murder
destroy
quash
do down
bring someone to their knees
crucify
outdo
take to the cleaners
walk all over
pound
surpass
marmalize
massacre
outclass
pulverize
US
beat hollow
give someone a drubbing
turn inside out
pulverise
UK
be victorious over
slam
give someone a hiding
better
bury
smother
kill
outplay
cane
dominate
top
walk over
defeat utterly
smoke
whup
whop
whap
dust
tromp
bomb
skin
outstrip
reduce
outshine
throw
repress
snow under
flog
triumph
suppress
control
gain a victory over
win a resounding victory over
bear down
excel
transcend
tame
down
prevail
outperform
gain mastery over
overturn
curb
trample
overrun
finish
torpedo
zap
pommel
work over
get over
subject
break
run rings round
pacify
subordinate
exceed
hurdle
bridle
spank
win
drop
do better than
go one better than
subvert
win over
sink
put down
swamp
chasten
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
outrun
knock for a loop
be victorious
deal with
plow under
put paid to
take it all
get a grip on
negotiate
humiliate
devastate
resist
hegemonize
bust
outwit
check
knock over
overshadow
hide
belt
steamroll
whack
restrain
bludgeon
maul
batter
thump
thresh
ruin
whitewash
render incapable
render helpless
render powerless
beat down
slay
edge
buffet
leather
thwart
frustrate
rise above
route
shipwreck
outhit
decimate
entrap
obliterate
outjump
flax
outflank
butcher
ambush
pummel
US
baste
roll
slog
bash
whale
get the upper hand
get through
trump
get the upper hand over
outmatch
cope with
do
curry
outgun
outdistance
punish
pummelled
UK
chastise
grind down
nose out
come out on top
gain ascendancy over
finish off
mow down
win a victory over
run roughshod over
strike down
make a fool of
run circles around
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
put an end to
roll back
take a stick to
mess up
shut out
get one up on
cut to pieces
wipe off the map
gain control of
rough up
pwn
defeat heavily
pick apart
bung up
outsmart
extinguish
weather
survive
solve
shock
stun
render
outlive
lick the pants off
do in
foil
eclipse
circumvent
larrup
pass
discomfit
override
overmaster
confound
cap
give a drubbing to
come out on top of
knock your socks off
steamroller
settle
gain the upper hand over
govern
manage
regulate
overtop
endure
rule
direct
command
succeed over
tower over
overtake
hose
outrival
gain the advantage over
knock spots off
improve on
make it past
make it over
bring under control
get under control
get control of
drive off
bring to knees
put to flight
beat back
be better than
trample underfoot
put to rout
clean up on
throw back in confusion
give someone a pasting
shoot ahead of
blow out of water
mop up
take apart
beat the daylights out of
lower the boom on
be unstoppable by
knock for six
defeat easily
curtail
squelch
arrest
squash
stifle
sweep
stagger
immobilize
US
blank
stretch
shellack
dumbfound
overawe
stamp out
crack down on
put the kibosh on
immobilise
UK
be successful
take out
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
take the prize
prevail against
come first
gain mastery of
take the honours
win hands down
take the crown
score points off
gain control over
bowl over
shut off
roll over
lay out
strike
gain an advantage over
have the edge over
slap about
have the last laugh on
get one over on
be one up on
tyrannize
US
oppress
domineer
tyrannise
UK
contain
hold back
rein in
keep in check
hold sway over
enslave
inhibit
constrain
keep under thumb
persecute
sort out
find a solution to
find an answer to
maltreat
overrule
abuse
intimidate
resolve
crack
bully
influence
keep the lid on
keep a lid on
keep a tight rein on
rule over
ride roughshod over
keep down
take in hand
tyrannize over
trample on
find the solution to
find the answer to
moderate
restrict
limit
torment
silence
lead
measure
coerce
torture
hound
harass
keep
pull in
hold in
plague
handle
force
exercise authority
dictate
wrong
ill-treat
boss
treat harshly
keep back
get round
break down
bring to heel
be cruel to
be brutal to
pull rank
tone down
preside over
push around
keep under control
hold down
weigh heavy upon
be in charge of
rule with a rod of iron
run the show
call the shots
rule with an iron hand
hold in check
nip in the bud
nullify
muller
bring under the yoke
hold
domesticize
dismantle
break someone's spirit
rein back
order about
discipline
have authority over
swallow
withstand
disable
cripple
undermine
enfeeble
muffle
compose
wear down
harry
strangle
beset
exploit
cool
scourge
aggrieve
distress
knock down
smash down
domineer over
fight back
gag
encumber
saddle
ride
outrage
annoy
press
despotize
worry
strain
handicap
vex
tax
choke back
fight
put screws to
put upon
pick on
colonize
US
enthrall
US
underyoke
cork up
bottle up
button up
re-collect
calm
colonise
UK
enthral
UK
stand up to
get to grips with
adjust
monitor
collect
mistreat
browbeat
treat
kick around
menace
rally
quiet
tranquilize
US
lull
corner
recover
inspect
still
terrorize
US
victimize
US
threaten
brutalize
US
soften
mellow
damp
lessen
diminish
hold sway
victimise
UK
brutalise
UK
terrorise
UK
tackle
damp down
reel back in
simmer down
keep in line
put the brakes on
set limits on
impose limits on
snuff out
tranquillise
UK
manipulate
sway
monopolize
US
head
clamp down on
slap down
preponderate
run
monopolise
UK
quieten down
deal
see to
attend to
rule the roost
take over
head up
push about
exercise control over
be in control of
have ascendancy over
be in command of
have the whip hand over
boss around
play first fiddle
be the boss of
call the tune
lead by the nose
have the upper hand in
have mastery over
have one's way
have under one's thumb
boss about
wear the trousers
have the upper hand over
be at the helm
have upper hand
lay down the law
rule the roost in
be in the saddle
sit on top of
behave towards
act towards
conduct oneself towards
take charge of
take on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease in amount or degree
reduce
lessen
lower
decrease
diminish
minimise
UK
minimize
US
taper
deplete
ease
curtail
cut
limit
moderate
lighten
mitigate
scale down
cut back
cut down
quell
abate
alleviate
curb
dial down
downscale
temper
ax
US
axe
UK
drop
pare
roll back
slash
tone down
wind down
attenuate
bring down
clip
couch
decline
decrement
de-escalate
dent
relax
restrain
taper off
wane
cast down
degrade
depress
devaluate
downgrade
drop off
dry up
dwindle
ease off
ebb
erode
extenuate
make cutbacks in
mark down
minify
peter out
restrict
sink
slacken
slow down
tail off
trim
trim back
trim down
whittle
amortise
UK
amortize
US
dilute
impair
make less
make smaller
qualify
step down
take the edge off
tighten
weaken
run down
whittle down
contract
shrink
shave
round down
pare down
ration
narrow
damp down
stifle
subdue
fall
downsize
depreciate
subside
recede
plummet
slump
fall off
plunge
fall away
die down
prune
relent
let up
slim down
phase down
remit
knock down
dip
ratchet down
die out
devalue
die away
fade
soften
nosedive
discount
crash
pall
go down
shorten
drain away
cheapen
retrench
dive
drain
tumble
descend
cut back on
undervalue
trivialize
US
deteriorate
check
flag
grow less
abridge
underrate
truncate
trivialise
UK
misprize
go downhill
rationalize
US
take a nosedive
write off
undermine
belittle
rationalise
UK
salami-slice
play down
underestimate
slacken off
understate
slide
gloss over
brush aside
write down
droop
dock
deduct
break
scale back
make light of
de-emphasize
become less
ease up
sell short
decay
slack off
rachet down
slow
regress
degenerate
subtract
skid
fall steeply
abbreviate
crater
fail
sag
waste
underemphasize
fall sharply
loosen
take off
whittle away
ease up on
get less
get lower
consume
sap
grow smaller
shrug off
make reductions in
wear away
exhaust
drop rapidly
downplay
deprecate
hold cheap
run low
hit the floor
fade away
go into a tailspin
not do justice to
rate too low
do an injustice to
eliminate
deflate
detract
modify
slip
cut down on
dim
disparage
crumble
collapse
wither
slack
put down
settle
take away from
shrivel
turn down
trail
soft-pedal
phase out
become lower
become smaller
trail off
cool off
calm down
wear down
take a dive
go through the floor
set little store by
die off
remove
empty
economize
US
streamline
derogate
milk
economise
UK
withdraw
corrode
defame
underplay
release
bleed
vilipend
economize on
rebate
minimalize
slake
lull
bate
retrogress
decimate
close
blur
keep down
eat into
dump
quiet
downturn
disesteem
lapse
knock off
detract from
evaporate
relapse
be reduced
backslide
pooh-pooh
get rid of
suck dry
deaden
quash
talk down
make little of
come to an end
use up
lose edge
narrow down
fade out
fizzle out
retrench on
set no store by
waste away
wear off
take a header
be wrong about
take the sting out
think too little of
cave in
put a lid on
condense
slenderize
palliate
constrict
blunt
debase
make fewer
demote
repress
halve
adjust
lop
demean
elide
contain
disempower
allay
assuage
relieve
modulate
disengage
quieten
defuse
syncopate
shed
mollify
untighten
commute
take it easy
dampen
deprive
disappear
slight
cause to fall
peter
come down
grow weaker
fleece
vanish
tail away
die
languish
underprice
loose
make weaker
fall short
rein back
dissipate
delete
confine
omit
drop down
reduce greatly
do away with
tighten up
not do justice
go
get smaller
go downwards
become less intense
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
faint
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
become weaker
go easy
totter
lose
become softer
become quieter
disperse
drop away
melt away
hold back
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
squeeze
drag
slope
buckle
gutter
rein in
take the heat off
flop
decry
get quieter
get softer
dissolve
settle down
bow out
discredit
denigrate
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
break down
be precipitated
lose value
decrease in value
decline in price
give out
give way
let up on
make less strict
make less formal
disregard
objectify
minish
become weak
misjudge
underween
go away
grow dim
knock
eat away at
miniaturise
UK
take for granted
miniaturize
US
look down on
make economies in
make cuts in
reduce wastage in
take
debit
minus
blister
worsen
backbite
rot
abstract
retrograde
budget cut
trim away
atrophy
tune down
roll down
gnaw
disintegrate
withhold
allow
dull
devolve
laugh at
gather
take in
alter
subtract from
cut rate
wilt
take away
disimprove
take from
vitiate
take out
draw in
be in short supply
lose significance
decrease in importance
be used up
become exhausted
lose lustre
be short
pale into insignificance
grow dull
pale
be tight
become depleted
take a turn for the worse
go down the toilet
hit the skids
grow worse
die on vine
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
get worse
go to pot
become debilitated
go to the dogs
go to pieces
go down the tubes
come apart at seams
reduce by
decrease by
draw back
trail away
thin out
thin down
expend
spend
burn
finish
devour
absorb
whitewash
impoverish
squander
deemphasize
bankrupt
draw
evacuate
wash up
draw down
eat up
dig into
play out
make light
brush off
take lightly
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of an action or event
)
To prevent from happening
stop
thwart
foil
forestall
circumvent
counter
cramp
curb
derail
oppose
prevent
stymie
defeat
get out of
beat
bypass
escape
evade
frustrate
prohibit
put paid to
balk
US
baulk
UK
circumnavigate
counteract
hinder
impede
inhibit
nullify
obstruct
overturn
scotch
stand in the way of
stave off
check
crimp
defend against
deflect
disrupt
head off
hold back
interdict
interfere with
limit
repress
restrain
restrict
retard
sidestep
skirt
steer clear of
ward off
avert
avoid
bar
block
crash
ditch
do for
hold off
juke
keep lid on
outwit
put the kibosh on
put the stopper on
ruin
scupper
shut out
spoil
stall
stonewall
stump
take wind out of
trammel
unsettle
upset
wreck
baffle
dash
discomfit
smash
snooker
disappoint
checkmate
cross
crab
nobble
bilk
root
snafu
put a stop to
foul up
louse up
put the mockers on
give the slip
upset the applecart
put a spoke in someone's wheel
cook someone's goose
play off
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
hamper
confuse
traverse
stultify
shipwreck
hold up
take the wind out of your sails
destroy
quash
put an end to
crush
extinguish
shatter
squash
queer
nix
devastate
dish
end
squelch
demolish
quell
blight
suppress
undo
put the lid on
subdue
banjax
annihilate
nip in the bud
stifle
mess up
blow a hole in
bring to naught
crack down on
wipe out
overcome
screw up
stamp out
clobber
sabotage
halt
torpedo
mar
bring to an end
cruel
blow
kill
terminate
snuff out
abolish
get rid of
finish
euchre
injure
impair
make a mess of
trash
blast
cripple
put down
damage
clamp down on
do in
overthrow
eradicate
negate
arrest
shut down
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
slap down
silence
play havoc with
conquer
extirpate
total
confound
neutralize
US
vitiate
quench
break
desolate
rout
decimate
raze
crool
wrack
overwhelm
preclude
neutralise
UK
rub out
eliminate
forbid
wreak havoc on
invalidate
control
harm
scuttle
curtail
disfigure
waste
vaporize
US
cream
nuke
ban
botch
disallow
fetter
proscribe
poison
hobble
make a hash of
tear down
vaporise
UK
balls up
pull down
muck up
outlaw
embargo
annul
exterminate
expunge
veto
debar
remove
obliterate
obviate
lick
vanquish
hurt
rule out
ravage
subvert
hang up
compromise
cut off
deface
pulverize
US
cramp one's style
despoil
throw out
give the thumbs down to
blot out
give the run around
give the red light to
spike
scar
undermine
desecrate
defile
topple
rattle
prejudice
bodge
muller
sink
reduce to nothing
cancel out
bring down
put at risk
wreak havoc with
sit on
get the better of
lay waste
weed out
lay in ruins
crack down
pulverise
UK
render ineffective
hamstring
overpower
subjugate
encumber
cease
handicap
deaden
shackle
clog
taint
handcuff
banish
manacle
scrunch
squish
embarrass
put a brake on
blemish
snow under
clamp down
bring to screeching halt
stain
explode
afflict
dash one's hope
pillage
be the end of
flaw
burst
puzzle
plunder
pop
sweep aside
decay
sack
nonplus
glitch up
put a damper on
make of no use or value
unbuild
endamage
skin
impoverish
craze
mystify
disable
put out
rain on someone's parade
work against
flummox
bust
ruinate
flatten
bring to nought
blow up
wrack up
depredate
shelve
dilapidate
ravish
mangle
pigeonhole
corner
contain
bloody
reduce
level
scourge
spoliate
trample on
knock down
bring to ruin
leave in ruins
maim
reduce to rubble
mutilate
bring to nothing
deplete
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
debase
cancel
hog-tie
contravene
rescind
short-circuit
bring to a close
make an end of
repeal
tie up
repel
deter
master
disfeature
void
abrogate
reject
repulse
parry
regulate
throttle
choke off
revoke
blot
refuse
erase
dead-end
cross up
make useless
take apart
put on hold
hang fire
blank
counterplot
bury
strangle at birth
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
bridle
drop
blackball
exclude
bring to a halt
bring to a stop
put a lid on
liquidate
cut short
vacate
dissolve
retract
withdraw
efface
negative
tame
disannul
axe
UK
decline
countermand
dismiss
best
null
abate
discontinue
scrub
scrap
boycott
surmount
take wind out of sails
cause setback
put end to
beat down
disapprove
deny
delete
pass
zap
taboo
repudiate
discard
overrule
excise
dispatch
forfend
discountenance
criminalize
US
dump
down
freeze
junk
dominate
jettison
censor
censure
disestablish
chop
criminalise
UK
deracinate
cut
dissent
supersede
shed
prevail over
triumph over
gain control of
gain mastery over
get a grip on
win against
ax
US
turn down
do away with
place an embargo on
make illegal
shoot down
set aside
root out
strike down
roll back
black out
pass on
call off
sweep away
endanger
rule against
dispense with
clean up
pass by
declare illegal
give the chop
declare taboo
say no
close down
jeopardize
US
imperil
knock something on the head
put the chill on
declare null and void
put kibosh on
thumbs down
refuse permission to
give thumbs down
put out of action
write off
break up
put out of commission
destruct
tumble
put the skids under
be the ruination of
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
threaten
not go for
dampen
chill
cloud
be detrimental to
burst bubble
be prejudicial to
jeopardise
UK
be deleterious to
be disadvantageous to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause a flying object to make a landing
land
touch down
bring down
put down
make a landing with
Verb
▲
To completely destroy, especially by pulling to the ground
pull down
destroy
demolish
ruin
wreck
raze
devastate
smash
annihilate
shatter
total
waste
desolate
flatten
bulldoze
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
decimate
extinguish
cream
wrack
nuke
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
level
dismantle
unbuild
remove
lower
destruct
tear down
knock down
rub out
do in
lay waste
raze to the ground
obliterate
trash
crush
dilapidate
devour
break up
rip down
disassemble
wipe off the map
take apart
wipe out
ravage
torpedo
topple
blow up
blast
break
fell
desecrate
bring down
spoil
exterminate
bomb
despoil
dash
undo
wreak havoc on
take out
erase
eradicate
expunge
extirpate
efface
blight
crash
sink
overturn
scotch
scupper
nix
blow to bits
spoliate
lay waste to
defeat
leave in ruins
stamp out
gut
pillage
eliminate
kill
blow
liquidate
zap
dynamite
sack
depredate
impair
sabotage
mar
scourge
banjax
reduce
upset
ravish
dish
blow a hole in
wipe from the face of the earth
bring to naught
blot out
overwhelm
bring to ruin
blow to pieces
put paid to
wipe off the face of the earth
reduce to ruins
do for
snuff out
throw down
write off
leave desolate
put the kibosh on
cancel
abolish
explode
plunder
quash
damage
delete
slaughter
ruinate
mutilate
break down
maim
clear
massacre
queer
incinerate
batter
injure
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
bowl down
deface
reduce to rubble
blow down
do away with
blow away
disrupt
clean up
root out
finish off
cut down
knock to pieces
black out
mangle
mess up
sweep away
tear up
lay in ruins
wrack up
mow down
bust
floor
botch
overthrow
rape
prang
make desolate
lay low
benothing
beat
end
squash
get rid of
take care of
suppress
check
put down
take away
put out of action
tumble
bring about the downfall of
make a mess of
foul up
poison
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
screw up
deplete
wreak havoc upon
cruel
euchre
clean out
defile
bodge
muller
disfigure
louse up
execute
commit genocide
kill off
cut a swath through
butcher
terminate
ransack
burn away
strike
burn
raid
run onto the rocks
pile up
shipwreck
vandalize
US
crack up
smash up
vandalise
UK
dash to pieces
cripple
undermine
drive
force
thrust
wipe
dispatch
wipe off
scrub out
excise
subvert
burst
pop
cast down
strike out
scatter
scratch out
unmake
disable
rattle
bring to nought
wreak havoc with
smite
take
overcome
maraud
blow sky-high
hew
capsize
bowl over
deck
down
push over
tip over
drop
upend
knock over
cause to fall
saw down
clear-fell
knock to the ground
clear-cut
chop
chop down
ground
bring to the ground
hack down
take to bits
take to pieces
pull to bits
pull to pieces
strip down
pull apart
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.)
unload
disburden
disencumber
unpack
unburden
unlade
remove
break bulk
drop off
take a load off
discharge
lighten
off-load
empty
ease the load of
disembarrass
reduce weight
make lighter
discommode
disgorge
dump
jettison
relieve
slough
rid
void
undo
uncrate
unbox
clear out
take out
empty out
get rid of
Verb
▲
To hold or write a review of
review
assess
discuss
judge
evaluate
appraise
criticise
UK
criticize
US
study
weigh
critique
rate
bad-mouth
comment on
correct
knock
pan
rave
reedit
rip
slam
trash
zap
weigh up
write up
look at
put down
skin alive
swipe at
write a critique of
give opinion
give your opinion of
read through
write a critique
examine
comment
check
size up
analyse
UK
scrutinize
US
analyze
US
probe
nitpick
interpret
scrutinise
UK
give an opinion
comment upon
pass judgment on
LoC
remark
letterhack
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take the life of
remove
murder
eliminate
kill
assassinate
execute
liquidate
do in
croak
dispose of
erase
stiff
top
waste
wipe out
do for
eradicate
expunge
ice
off
put to death
smoke
take out
terminate
bump off
drag
exclude
exterminate
extirpate
knock off
rub out
scratch
sterilise
UK
sterilize
US
blow away
get rid of
clear away
do away with
drag down
give someone the works
blot out
terminate with extreme prejudice
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe from the face of the earth
fell
slaughter
bring down
shoot down
gun down
slay
destroy
butcher
dispatch
whack
scrag
zap
take the life of
do to death
mow down
massacre
neutralize
US
snuff
get
neutralise
UK
put an end to
snuff out
polish off
put away
finish off
cut down
end the life of
annihilate
abolish
finish
extinguish
blow someone's brains out
claim
take
carry off
take someone's life
put end to
obliterate
decimate
efface
cancel
sweep away
send to the gas chambers
stamp out
ethnically cleanse
send to kingdom come
clean up
put to the sword
root out
black out
hit
murk
wax
cut to pieces
electrocute
guillotine
take a life
hang
smother
garotte
defeat
behead
cool
garrotte
UK
decapitate
chill
do
lynch
shoot
knife
asphyxiate
strangle
dust off
garrote
US
more ❯
Verb
▲
To criticize or express contempt for
throw shade
criticise
UK
criticize
US
knock
pan
blast
disparage
slam
lambaste
attack
pillory
roast
besmirch
denigrate
deprecate
malign
slate
vilify
castigate
excoriate
fault
hammer
slur
chastise
flame
savage
skewer
trash
bash
crucify
rubbish
rip
scathe
slag
dis
judge
nitpick
find fault with
cut down
dress down
nit-pick
slag off
bad-mouth
put down
tear into
cast aspersions on
come down on
find fault
fulminate against
lace into
lay into
nitpick about
pick at
pull apart
pull to pieces
inveigh against
pick holes in
pour scorn on
rail against
run down
have a go at
give a bad press to
tear to shreds
scoff at
get at
do down
find lacking
pass judgment
nitpick over
throw shade at
censure
bag
pummel
US
complain about
give some stick to
trim
maul
pummelled
UK
rap
inveigh
zap
carp
disapprove of
bag on
scorch
jump on
skin
reprehend
reprimand
throw brickbats at
reprobate
animadvert on
denounce
monster
skin alive
decry
cut to bits
nag at
chide
diss
clobber
hit
dispraise
slug
give bad press
cut up
hit out at
lash
blame
fluff
carp at
fustigate
slog
denunciate
blister
sledge
arraign
give flak to
condemn
objurgate
rate
derogate
do a number on
vituperate against
cavil at
asperse
pass strictures upon
pick to pieces
reprove
slash
give the business
abuse
revile
belittle
depreciate
cry down
slander
vilipend
talk down
deride
detract from
give something a battering
shoot down
flay
jeer at
cavil
harsh
berate
rebuke
reproach
upbraid
lambast
scold
assail
bawl out
yell at
harangue
smear
accuse
slang
potshot
belabour
UK
sail into
carpet
traduce
bark at
rip into
contemn
tongue-lash
chew out
calumniate
tie into
curse
light into
read the riot act
belabor
US
growl
tear a strip off
insult
give someone a dressing-down
beat up on
rail
tell off
rile
take to task
vituperate
minimize
US
diminish
take a dig at
dump on
play down
kiss off
poor-mouth
take down a peg
pooh pooh
discount
dismiss
tear down
minimise
UK
tear to pieces
trash-talk
cut down to size
write off
mudsling
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make (someone or something) late or slow
delay
retard
impede
hamper
hinder
obstruct
postpone
restrain
stall
arrest
derail
detain
foil
restrict
retardate
stymie
thwart
trammel
block
cramp
cripple
curb
defer
halt
hobble
interrupt
pause
prevent
protract
repress
withhold
crimp
cumber
deter
fetter
hamstring
inhibit
prorogue
remit
shackle
shelve
slow
stop
bar
brake
check
choke
clog
confine
encumber
frustrate
handcuff
hold
intermit
prolong
hold back
hold up
put off
set back
slow down
slow up
bog down
interfere with
keep back
shut down
shut off
stave off
back off
close off
hold off on
put back
choke off
hold over
make late
put a brake on
get in the way of
stand in the way of
bring to screeching halt
hog-tie
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
handicap
decelerate
stay
balk
US
slacken
baffle
lessen
mire
bog
baulk
UK
hang up
let up
constrain
limit
tie up
manacle
get in the way
forestall
embarrass
bork
short-circuit
bridle
curtail
interfere
disrupt
avert
oppose
inconvenience
be a hindrance to
weigh down
suppress
control
stem
reduce
keep
prohibit
moderate
neutralize
US
keep waiting
regulate
embog
stonewall
bottleneck
scupper
crab
counteract
suspend
preclude
neutralise
UK
rein in
entangle
circumvent
bind
incommode
discommode
obviate
procrastinate
debar
help
nip in the bud
cramp one's style
head off
ward off
saddle with
discontinue
entrammel
cause to wait
cause to stay
weaken
sidetrack
subdue
tie
freeze
discomfit
rattle
faze
dam
muzzle
burden
reserve
chain
disconcert
disadvantage
leash
debilitate
overload
contravene
resist
oppress
bother
charge
get bogged down
temper
stunt
foul up
screw up
cut off
affect
disturb
deliver a blow to
make difficult
box in
shut out
louse up
decrease
abate
lag
diminish
tamper
influence
avoid
drag your feet
tie one's hands
confuse
give a hard time
jam
conflict
trouble
reef
quiet
loiter
qualify
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
deflect
keep at bay
hold off
put the brakes on
lose steam
cut down
wind down
cut back
back-water
lose speed
anchor it
sabotage
sandbag
throttle
obscure
screen
complicate
let down flaps
hit the brakes
rein
stifle
penelopize
contain
cut short
terminate
muffle
squelch
smother
swallow
govern
staunch
fight back
monkey with
repulse
discourage
bottle up
tame
rebuff
choke back
checkmate
keep in check
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
keep a lid on
bite back
hold in
hold down
bring to a standstill
stem the flow of
intercept
anticipate
preempt
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
parry
beat someone to the punch
fend off
get ahead of
beat someone to it
provide against
beat someone to the draw
second-guess
steal a march on
pre-empt
get in before
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dismiss from a job
remove
dismiss
discharge
displace
expel
oust
depose
eject
fire
purge
unseat
dislodge
dethrone
eliminate
move
sack
topple
relegate
retire
supplant
transfer
abolish
evict
release
reposition
defenestrate
detach
evacuate
expunge
pull
relocate
shift
abstract
ax
US
axe
UK
bounce
budge
can
cashier
dislocate
out
ship
boot out
kick out
throw out
turf out
muster out
pink-slip
see the back of
give someone the boot
give the bum's rush
throw out on your ear
give someone their marching orders
show the door
terminate
overthrow
let go
transpose
lay off
turn off
give the heave-ho
send packing
get rid of
give someone the push
make redundant
defrock
usurp
give someone the sack
uncrown
disturb
unthrone
bring down
give someone the bullet
remove from office
impeach
boot
deprive
overturn
replace
give someone their cards
unmake
drum out
discrown
give notice
give notice to
give the old heave-ho
succeed
bump
give someone their notice
transplant
come after
step into the shoes of
uproot
give the elbow
discard
unfrock
supersede
shelve
disemploy
drop
rearrange
shuffle
position
force out
crowd out
change
declare redundant
push
give walking papers
extricate
disentangle
misplace
free
degrade
dispel
demote
downgrade
disqualify
suspend
break
override
dig out
get out
disbar
pension
deselect
disfrock
recall
furlough
depone
subvert
disestablish
outplace
knock out of place
knock out of position
change the position of
turf
freeze out
drive out
turn out
deprive of office
pink slip
run out of town
strip of rank
cut out
take over from
hand walking papers
ride out on rail
take the place of
let out
wash out
shut out
turn away
give someone the pink slip
give warning
take out
give the ax
give the gate
take over
give someone his
pay off
give the sack to
cast out
give someone the big E
give a pink slip
give marching orders
defeat
unloose
triumph
overwhelm
excuse
unsettle
throw
disthrone
disenthrone
nix
bust
cut
squeeze out
reshuffle
reorganize
US
redistribute
alter
move on
put out of place
get going
set going
debar
ditch
dump
adjust
redeploy
reorder
move out of place
carry over
eighty-six
give someone his or her walking papers
give heave-ho
dehire
unhire
shed
court martial
redispose
rejig
readjust
give the boot to
give the bullet to
relieve of duty
give the push to
lock out
remove from power
bring about the downfall of
give one's cards
give pink slip
give bum's rush
wrench out
reorganise
UK
separate
disunite
unhinge
disarticulate
substitute
put somewhere else
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their P45
give the chop
displant
show the gate to
clear
follow
lift
pension off
sever connections
force to retire
put out to grass
force to give up work
put out to pasture
overrule
surpass
supervene
postdate
empty
depopulate
unpeople
accede
clean
unhorse
substitute for
chuck
fill the void
set aside
loosen
erase
follow after
remove from
clear from
upset
assume the office of
go next
fill someone's boots
be subsequent to
step into someone's boots
come next
take away
move out
chuck out
knock over
send away
get off
kiss off
give someone the air
bin off
knock loose
more ❯
Verb
▲
To admonish or reproach angrily
chide
scold
berate
admonish
castigate
rebuke
nag
reprimand
reproach
slate
upbraid
blast
carpet
condemn
censure
chastise
criticise
UK
criticize
US
monster
rate
reprove
blame
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
rag
rap
reprehend
wig
bollock
flay
harass
row
objurgate
check
exprobate
flame
lesson
monish
trim
tell off
lay into
pull up
remonstrate with
tear into
dress down
tick off
bawl out
chew out
pitch into
ream out
give someone a bollocking
lace into
let someone have it
slap down
have a go at
read the riot act
find fault
give someone a caning
haul over the coals
take down a peg
blow up at
call down
come down on
get on
give a hard time
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
go on at
speak to
take to task
take to the woodshed
talk to
get after
give someone a mouthful
rap over the knuckles
burn one's ears
call to account
give a rocket
give a talking-to
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
give someone a rollicking
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
put on the mat
tear off a strip
call on the carpet
give someone a rating
give someone what for
slap on the wrist
send someone away with a flea in their ear
slap someone's wrist
lambast
hammer
denounce
rail at
rail against
rant at
tongue-lash
baste
excoriate
jaw
vituperate
rake over the coals
score
blow up
revile
attack
abuse
harangue
slam
diss
savage
knock
pan
ream
jump on
chasten
reprobate
put down
vilify
find fault with
rail
disparage
fulminate against
light into
bash
slag off
scathe
crucify
pillory
rubbish
roast
pummel
US
tear a strip off
give a piece of one's mind
jump down one's throat
pummelled
UK
denigrate
potshot
trash
belabor
US
rip into
slash
slag
yell at
belabour
UK
bag
assail
inveigh against
malign
deprecate
fault
lay down the law
discipline
dispraise
dis
denunciate
rave at
blister
skewer
asperse
cavil
lash
rip
skin
sail into
correct
smear
arraign
punish
scorn
sledge
accuse
come down hard on
call over the coals
caution
scorch
zap
run down
cut up
vituperate against
bad-mouth
pick to pieces
bite someone's head off
bring to book
jump all over
climb all over
impugn
cane
disapprove
rollick
decry
scourge
contemn
rake
derogate
fustigate
lam into
jawbone
recriminate
slang
hit
wade into
clobber
slug
lash out
preach
expostulate
take to pieces
let fly at
pull apart
give someone a bad press
trounce
sort out
let fly
have someone on the carpet
pick holes in
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
strongly criticize
snap someone's head off
cut down
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
lash out at
shout at
disapprove of
give one hell
lose one's temper with
give the business
carp at
nag at
lean on
reprimand severely
warn
exprobrate
attask
refute
adjure
advise
counsel
ferule
discredit
harsh
speak
defame
visit
set upon
threap
explode
taunt
chew
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
moralise
UK
moralize
US
objurate
argue with
assault verbally
rap knuckles
stigmatize
US
disagree with
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
fry
oppose
have words with
have words
dress-down
pile in
stigmatise
UK
criticize harshly
throw the book at
lay on
give comeuppance
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
charge
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
cuss out
start on
shoot down
start in
express disapproval of
criticize severely
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
scream at
jump down someone's throat
keep after
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
take on
tax
call to task
point the finger
take apart
mete out punishment to
rag on
make an example of
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
carp on
sound off
go after
tear apart
round on
criticize strongly
tear down
teach a lesson
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
give the devil
jump on one's case
go for the jugular
be hard on
pick on
insult
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
cast a slur on
slander
blacken someone's reputation
bring to account
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
besmirch
smother
calumniate
traduce
slur
maul
vilipend
carp
curse
fluff
slog
inveigh
rile
growl
complain about
bag on
skin alive
pass judgment
pour scorn on
do a number on
pass strictures upon
pick at
give a bad press to
nitpick about
cavil at
throw brickbats at
nit-pick
give bad press
cast aspersions on
throw shade
give some stick to
animadvert on
pull to pieces
cut to bits
hit out at
give flak to
lash into
backbite
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
ostracize
US
ostracise
UK
cry down
tie into
beat up on
bark at
belittle
execrate
deplore
depreciate
anathematize
look askance
pick apart
proscribe
frame
judge
pronounce
name
adjudge
give something a bad press
declare unfit
send up
put away
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
diminish
discount
ridicule
minimize
US
dismiss
talk down
slight
minimise
UK
do a hatchet job on
trash-talk
dump on
poor-mouth
play down
speak ill of
detract from
write off
drag through the mud
kiss off
scoff at
downgrade
do down
libel
fulminate
undervalue
underrate
detract
object
take issue with
mock
tear to shreds
declaim
tear to pieces
trivialize
US
underestimate
speak evil of
find lacking
downplay
demean
throw mud at
nitpick over
kick up a stink about
challenge
dispute
opprobriate
marginalize
US
deflate
marginalise
UK
trivialise
UK
pooh-pooh
protest against
rant
rage
argue against
thunder
object to
speak badly of
lampoon
take exception to
blacken the name of
make a fuss about
kick up a fuss about
protest
degrade
minify
lower
kick
mudsling
misprize
discommend
gripe about
reject
complain
discountenance
remonstrate against
argue
give something a battering
make light of
moan about
grouse about
sneer at
quibble about
treat lightly
take issue
beef about
hold cheap
raise objections to
take a stand against
question
storm
fume
blacken
vociferate
demur
nitpick
whip
impeach
speak out
disdain
express a poor opinion of
understate
demonize
US
controvert
demonise
UK
disesteem
badmouth
make a stand
except
spurn
expostulate about
jeer at
call out
downcry
carp about
whine about
get angry with
take exception
gripe
bring into disrepute
give a bad name
humiliate
grouch about
go on about
mouth off about
oppose strongly
rant about
animadvert upon
bellyache about
whinge about
declaim against
dissent
spread lies about
give a black eye
sound off about
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
be in opposition to
take a swipe at
conduct a smear campaign against
frown upon
laugh at
complain vociferously about
laugh off
get at
be hostile to
speak out against
pooh pooh
cut down to size
persecute
oppress
hose
satirize
US
give a rough time
satirise
UK
beat
brand
demote
heap
chew off
devalue
prosecute
bring under fire
take
review unfavorably
indict
jeer
show someone up
destroy
sully
sneer
expose to ridicule
earbash
protest strongly
disregard
rebut
zing
negate
hold up to shame
accost
devaluate
cheapen
lessen
compromise
yelp
yap
bawl
tar
squash
not support
make a protest
squelch
dig into
put hooks in
take a dig at
snipe
misrepresent
crush
show up
charge with
weigh into
give someone bondi
make fun of
mark down
snipe at
take swipe at
mortify
shame
snub
comment negatively
throw shade at
spout
deliver a tirade to
express strong disapproval of
have at
work over
crack down on
rip to shreds
cast aspersions
give a tongue-lashing
back-bite
gossip about
sound off to
swipe at
backstab
mess with
cut to shreds
thumb nose at
be against
poor mouth
shoot full of holes
hit out
sour grapes
cut to the quick
query
speak of with disfavour
be unkind about
blacken the character of
have a pop at
sling mud at
be critical of
be malicious about
contest
debase
injure one's reputation
damage one's good name
object strongly to
hold someone to blame
complain to
contradict
dig
jinx
hold accountable
hold responsible
humble
debate
raise objections
rave
huff
rage against
express objections
rant and rave
protest strongly at
grouse
express disagreement
mind
lodge a protest
express objections to
express disapproval
grumble
be in opposition
moan
quibble
thunder against
oppugn
beef
have a problem
make a fuss
quarrel with
disagree violently with
take a stand
vociferate about
remonstrate about
call into question
kvetch
grumble about
have a problem with
swear at
make a protest against
kick against
make a stand against
put up a fight against
complain bitterly about
kick up
take great exception to
rip up
look down on
sell short
make an objection
kick up a fuss
tangle with
be displeased
crab
baulk
UK
kick up a stink
balk
US
cross
disavow
make a stink
go-one-on-one
raise objection
frown on
disagree
kvetch about
beg to differ
draw the line at
mix it up with
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act or expression showing scorn
indignity
slight
affront
insult
abuse
epithet
slur
snub
barb
disrespect
reproach
slap
taunt
dig
dis
discourtesy
diss
offence
UK
offense
US
brickbat
cut
dart
gird
grievance
mistreatment
outrage
poke
sarcasm
put down
take-down
backhanded compliment
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
name
personality
aspersion
obloquy
injury
jibe
derision
humiliation
slam
disparagement
opprobrium
injustice
scandal
rudeness
mockery
shame
depreciation
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
black eye
gibe
contempt
ignominy
insolence
criticism
wrong
odium
hit
disgrace
censure
zinger
shaft
dirty dig
sneer
scorn
left-handed compliment
infamy
disrepute
stigma
discredit
rebuff
embarrassment
reflection
disservice
unfairness
indignation
cutting remark
hurt
harm
attack
detraction
slander
libel
defamation
vilification
jeer
contumely
impertinence
scoffing
impudence
incivility
revilement
wisecrack
invective
blasphemy
sledge
knock
disdainfulness
despite
flame
microaggression
displeasure
cheap shot
disparaging remark
wrongdoing
atrocity
inequity
unjustness
brush-off
detriment
raw deal
provocation
disdain
exposé
crack
animadversion
dump
stricture
quip
smear
insinuation
belittlement
kick
remark
innuendo
desecration
swipe
snide remark
pan
comeback
call-down
rebuke
suppression
burn
taunting
gibing
scoff
denigration
ridiculing
name-calling
goading
vitriol
burlesque
lampooning
banter
raillery
sting
rejection
ridicule
deprecation
one in the eye
prejudice
mischief
spite
hateful remark
mocking remark
condescension
pointed comment
scornfulness
dirty deed
blow to one's pride
ill
damage
evil
push
assault
miff
pique
ruffled feathers
huff
umbrage
dudgeon
infringement
ill-treatment
unjust act
vituperation
scurrility
aspersions
superciliousness
impugnment
pejorative
unpleasantry
abusive remark
harsh call
jab
teasing
parting shot
sneering
satire
jeering
ragging
jibing
mordancy
chaffing
sneers
irony
taunts
catcall
kidding
bitterness
sharpness
acrimony
acidity
acridity
ribbing
chaff
acerbity
razz
lampoon
persiflage
laughter
snappy comeback
goofing
razzing
mimicry
corrosiveness
sardonicism
roast
jibes
cynicism
twitting
needling
leer
causticity
winding up
rancor
US
taking the mickey
causticness
trenchancy
pulling someone's chain
mordacity
flouting
rancour
UK
tease
joke
twit
dysphemism
dyslogism
snidery
caricature
decry
parody
joking
fleer
knocking
incisiveness
joshing
badinage
travesty
verbal jab
rib
forcefulness
verbal attack
character assassination
sport
farce
critical remark
jeers
verbal abuse
insults
kidology
backhander
pilgarlic
barbed remark
chiacking
pooh-poohing
verbal dig
rally
foolery
buffoonery
put-on
Bronx cheer
derisiveness
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take-down
take down a notch
take down a peg
take down a peg or two
takedowns
take downtown
takedown
take disciplinary action against
take dim view of
take delivery of
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