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What is another word for
take down
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Verb
To take apart or break down
To note or record in writing
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
To free from the condition of being stuck
Transfer to another medium
Write, draw, or colour with a pencil
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 belittle or express disapproval of
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
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▲
Verb
▲
To take apart or break down
dismantle
disassemble
dismount
strike
demount
dismember
knock down
break down
take apart
deconstruct
undo
strip
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
rip to pieces
unmake
strip down
destroy
part out
take to bits
unrig
unbuild
pull down
unjoin
disaggregate
Verb
▲
To note or record in writing
note
record
jot down
log
mark
register
report
set down
write down
inscribe
minute
put down
transcribe
note down
put on record
make a note of
put in writing
chronicle
document
catalogue
UK
enter
catalog
US
file
commit to paper
list
write
tabulate
diarize
chart
mark down
index
put on paper
book
scribble
scrawl
detail
post
schedule
enrol
UK
slate
enumerate
enroll
US
put down on paper
put on file
make an inventory of
draft
US
jot
archive
draught
UK
docket
tally
keep a record
put in
write about
indicate
copy
keep a note of
keep details
write in
book down
lodge
keep
matriculate
submit
pick up
preserve
duly note
keep account
take notes
keep information
write out
set forth
designate
put down in black and white
mention
denote
put in black and white
notate
pencil
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
script
scribe
write up
key
take
input
type
show
insert
key in
introduce
inject
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
abase
chasten
cheapen
debase
degrade
demean
discredit
disgrace
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
foul
humble
humiliate
lower
shame
sink
smirch
abash
crush
deflate
demolish
embarrass
mortify
let down
pull down
take apart
take to bits
take to pieces
belittle
bring down
cast down
cut down to size
disparage
put down
bring low
devalue
denigrate
take down a peg
taint
smear
defame
tarnish
stigmatize
US
downgrade
blacken
stigmatise
UK
drag through the mud
take down a peg or two
shoot down
tear down
bring shame to
sully
stain
subdue
diminish
squash
blot
bemean
snub
make someone eat crow
lower the status of
show up
put someone in their place
own
bring into disrepute
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
reflect badly on
drag down
besmirch
discomfit
flatten
besmear
lessen
reduce
quash
chagrin
make a fool of
give a bad name to
give a black eye
show in a bad light
bring shame on
blemish
corrupt
debauch
slur
drop
prostitute
derogate
break
make lose face
take the wind out of your sails
run down
put in a bad light
settle someone's hash
drag through the mire
defile
ridicule
set down
make ashamed
cause to lose face
let fall
demote
slander
bastardize
US
expose
scandalize
US
profane
demoralize
US
reproach
undervalue
depreciate
minimize
US
cow
insult
ground
give a bad name
deign
condescend
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
compromise
stoop
knock down
blacken the name of
bring shame upon
dehumanise
UK
descend
demoralise
UK
pan
detract from
bastardise
UK
get the better of
have the last laugh on
let sink
cut down
bring dishonour to
desecrate
vail
minimise
UK
mar
dehumanize
US
bring discredit to
move down
lay
scandalise
UK
throw down
reduce the status of
disconcert
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
get one's comeuppance
put in one's place
tame
blight
be prejudicial to
ruin
dump on
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
vilify
malign
put out of countenance
slam
play down
cause to feel small
blister
wither
rip
confuse
discountenance
vanquish
downplay
betray
sell out
be untrue to oneself
strike
abandon one's principles
beat down
calumniate
silence
overcome
fix someone's wagon
put away
bring down a peg
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
upset
squelch
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
put one away
strike dumb
cut to the quick
censure
soil
mudsling
lower oneself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
succumb
ruin the reputation of
pooh-pooh
do a hatchet job on
destroy someone's credibility
cast aspersions on
disesteem
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
injure
spot
scorn
decry
dis
poor-mouth
contemn
bad-mouth
detract
despise
disregard
deride
tar and feather
disrespect
attaint
lose face
mock
libel
brand
vitiate
dispirit
couch
hand down
throw
detrude
haul down
submerge
push down
demit
make lower
pervert
subvert
deprave
harm
cast a slur
discourage
knock the stuffing out of
let wind out of sails
puncture balloon
dismay
kick in the teeth
destroy
debunk
dishearten
dash
let down easy
deteriorate
warp
lower in rank
poison
damage
lower in status
undermine
relegate
cripple
canker
declass
dismiss
debilitate
tip
cause to sink
devaluate
bump
set back
revert
mark down
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
disrate
bust
make a landing with
touch down
land
traduce
asperse
spoil
knock
rubbish
befoul
slag off
speak ill of
blotch
breathe on
attack
muckrake
sling mud at
fling mud at
do a number on
cast a slur on
assail
rip up and down
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
dirty
smudge
daub
denounce
pollute
hurt
scorch
roast
vilipend
tar
damage the reputation of
label
muddy
contaminate
mark
pillory
begrime
prejudice
grime
offend
discolour
UK
slight
mire
muck
condemn
bemire
spatter
deprecate
splash
distain
splatter
gaum
back-bite
pour scorn on
speak evil of
discolor
US
revile
reflect negatively
make dirty
make filthy
get filthy
get dirty
criticise
UK
cast in a bad light
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
criticize
US
blacken the reputation of
badmouth
bedaub
blackguard
anoint
misrepresent
sling mud
touch
darken
impugn
vituperate
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
slag
gossip about
lie about
blacken the character of
villainize
belie
throw mud at
tell lies about
maculate
impair
influence
mess
muss
run a smear campaign against
cloud
mess up
make mucky
muss up
muck up
blot your copybook
cast slur on
put zingers on
infect
despoil
underestimate
adulterate
do discredit to
underrate
distort
trivialize
US
deform
disfigure
waste
deface
ravage
characterize
US
weaken
dilute
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
be a discredit to
disdain
treat lightly
scoff at
make light of
zing
brutalize
US
bestialize
discount
trash-talk
diss
trash
cry down
do down
sneer at
slate
insinuate
minify
sell short
misprize
class
categorize
US
classify
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
cast a slur upon
rap
abuse
trivialise
UK
dispraise
have a go at
find fault with
look down on
pull apart
write off
clamor against
hold cheap
kiss off
talk down
spurn
hit out at
fault
pick holes in
tinge
become a stain of the escutcheon of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
identify
describe
cut up
skin alive
characterise
UK
call
categorise
UK
name
slap in the face
hit where one lives
mark out
label negatively
accuse of being
more ❯
Verb
▲
To free from the condition of being stuck
unstick
free
prize
pry
release
take apart
take off
Verb
▲
Transfer to another medium
transcribe
reproduce
copy out
note
record
rewrite
set down
tape
tape-record
transfer
write out
copy
decipher
duplicate
reprint
copy in full
print out
put in writing
type out
write in full
commit to paper
put on paper
write down
set out
log
put down
note down
Verb
▲
Write, draw, or colour with a pencil
pencil
note
write
compose
draught
UK
draft
US
formulate
inscribe
pen
scrawl
scribble
jot down
set down
write down
draw up
rough out
write roughly
dash off
commit to paper
put in writing
put down on paper
put in black and white
author
jot
indite
engross
autograph
scratch out
record
transcribe
detail
document
catalog
US
post
list
catalogue
UK
script
log
copy
chronicle
tabulate
engrave
diarize
minute
scribe
print
register
commit
enter
enrol
UK
enumerate
chart
tell
reproduce
typewrite
squiggle
rewrite
letter
chalk
enroll
US
book
ghost
address
ink
scriven
doodle
note down
make a list of
bang out
write up
mark down
knock out
put on record
put down in black and white
knock off
put down
turn out
put on file
put pen to paper
put on paper
set forth
push a pencil
take notes
make a note of
write in
compile
produce
devise
put together
make
inwrite
enwrite
prepare
dictate
ghostwrite
score
poetize
verse
make out
frame
list out
push pencil
set type
scratch
coin a phrase
draw
create
scrabble
invent
craft
concoct
write illegibly
write hurriedly
write erratically
write badly
write untidily
contrive
comp
cut
think up
carve out
more ❯
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
overrun
fall on
light into
besiege
launch oneself at
pitch into
make an assault on
round on
launch an attack on
set about
jump
foray into
let fly at
lace into
foray
accost
fall upon
go at
sail into
get stuck into
beat up
strike at
let someone have it
set at
have a go at
belabour
UK
surprise
mug
descend
weigh into
belabor
US
hit out at
lash out at
wade into
advance on
work over
have at
beat up on
launch an attack
win
strike out at
subjugate
overcome
take somebody or something by storm
swarm
inroad
charge at
run at
blast
rout
beat someone up
terrorize
US
terrorise
UK
swarm over
harry
rough up
blindside
shoot down
smite
smash
sally
torpedo
bomb
afflict
hit
devastate
fight
quarrel
waylay
deal a blow to
sally forth
deal a blow
make an assault
march on
make inroads on
make an attack
swoop down upon
open fire on
maltreat
impugn
lunge at
bust
encounter
lie in wait for
hold up
appear
arrive
go for
come in force
arrive in hordes
drop in
turn up
show up
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
make mincemeat of
paste
stuff
shellac
destroy
murder
quash
do down
bring someone to their knees
crucify
take to the cleaners
walk all over
outdo
pound
marmalize
massacre
pulverize
US
surpass
beat hollow
give someone a drubbing
outclass
turn inside out
pulverise
UK
be victorious over
slam
better
give someone a hiding
bury
kill
smother
outplay
cane
walk over
top
defeat utterly
smoke
whup
whop
whap
dust
tromp
bomb
skin
outstrip
dominate
reduce
throw
repress
gain a victory over
snow under
flog
triumph
suppress
control
win a resounding victory over
bear down
excel
transcend
tame
down
prevail
outperform
gain mastery over
overturn
outshine
curb
trample
overrun
finish
torpedo
zap
pommel
work over
get over
subject
break
run rings round
win over
pacify
subordinate
exceed
hurdle
bridle
spank
win
drop
do better than
go one better than
subvert
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
humiliate
negotiate
devastate
resist
hegemonize
bust
outwit
check
get the upper hand
knock over
overshadow
hide
belt
steamroll
whack
restrain
maul
batter
thump
bludgeon
thresh
ruin
whitewash
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
beat down
slay
edge
leather
buffet
thwart
frustrate
rise above
route
obliterate
outjump
shipwreck
flax
outflank
butcher
outhit
decimate
ambush
entrap
pummel
US
baste
roll
bash
whale
slog
get through
trump
get the upper hand over
outmatch
cope with
do
curry
outgun
outdistance
chastise
punish
pummelled
UK
make a fool of
grind down
nose out
come out on top
gain ascendancy over
get one up on
finish off
run roughshod over
mow down
win a victory over
strike down
run circles around
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
roll back
put an end to
take a stick to
mess up
shut out
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
outlive
render
foil
eclipse
do in
circumvent
larrup
pass
confound
discomfit
override
overmaster
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
outrival
overtake
hose
knock spots off
improve on
gain the advantage over
make it past
make it over
get under control
bring under control
get control of
drive off
bring to knees
beat back
put to flight
be better than
trample underfoot
clean up on
put to rout
throw back in confusion
give someone a pasting
shoot ahead of
blow out of water
mop up
take apart
be unstoppable by
knock for six
defeat easily
squelch
arrest
squash
curtail
stifle
sweep
stagger
immobilize
US
shellack
blank
stretch
dumbfound
overawe
crack down on
stamp out
put the kibosh on
immobilise
UK
gain an advantage over
have the edge over
score points off
be successful
take out
carry the day
take the prize
prevail against
get last laugh
come first
take the cake
win through
gain mastery of
take the honours
be the victor
win hands down
win out
take the crown
gain a victory
gain control over
bowl over
shut off
roll over
lay out
strike
be one up on
have the last laugh on
get one over on
slap about
tyrannize
US
oppress
tyrannise
UK
domineer
contain
hold back
rein in
keep in check
hold sway over
enslave
inhibit
keep under thumb
sort out
constrain
persecute
resolve
find a solution to
find an answer to
influence
bully
maltreat
abuse
intimidate
crack
overrule
keep the lid on
keep a lid on
keep a tight rein on
rule over
find the solution to
find the answer to
ride roughshod over
keep down
take in hand
tyrannize over
trample on
moderate
restrict
boss
limit
dictate
torment
silence
lead
measure
coerce
torture
hound
harass
keep
run the show
call the shots
pull in
hold in
plague
handle
force
wrong
get round
exercise authority
ill-treat
treat harshly
keep back
break down
bring to heel
be cruel to
be brutal to
tone down
preside over
push around
keep under control
hold down
weigh heavy upon
be in charge of
rule with a rod of iron
pull rank
rule with an iron hand
hold in check
nip in the bud
cultivate
nullify
order about
muller
bring under the yoke
hold
domesticize
dismantle
break someone's spirit
rein back
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
slump
recede
plummet
fall off
plunge
fall away
prune
die down
relent
slim down
let up
remit
knock down
phase down
dip
soften
devalue
ratchet down
die out
nosedive
fade
die away
crash
pall
drain
go down
discount
shorten
drain away
cheapen
retrench
dive
deteriorate
trivialize
US
tumble
descend
undervalue
cut back on
grow less
trivialise
UK
flag
underrate
check
abridge
rationalize
US
misprize
go downhill
salami-slice
truncate
undermine
take a nosedive
play down
decay
rationalise
UK
belittle
underestimate
droop
gloss over
brush aside
understate
slacken off
slide
sap
write off
de-emphasize
write down
break
sell short
make light of
waste
scale back
degenerate
deflate
ease up
exhaust
rachet down
slow
regress
underemphasize
skid
fall steeply
crater
modify
fail
sag
slack off
fall sharply
loosen
empty
shrug off
become less
ease up on
get lower
rate too low
abbreviate
settle
downplay
whittle away
grow smaller
bleed
make reductions in
drop rapidly
hit the floor
deprecate
do an injustice to
hold cheap
not do justice to
go into a tailspin
crumble
wither
dock
detract
slip
shrivel
cut down on
soft-pedal
dim
disparage
collapse
suck dry
slack
wear away
calm down
wear down
run low
put down
milk
take away from
get less
turn down
phase out
become lower
economize on
become smaller
quiet
set little store by
take a dive
go through the floor
fade away
die off
deprive
deduct
underplay
consume
evaporate
derogate
worsen
use up
defame
eliminate
streamline
lose edge
narrow down
release
vilipend
impoverish
minimalize
slake
retrogress
economize
US
close
economise
UK
blur
keep down
dump
downturn
talk down
disesteem
trail
lapse
detract from
corrode
relapse
be reduced
backslide
pooh-pooh
get rid of
take off
be wrong about
make little of
come to an end
trail off
cool off
fizzle out
retrench on
set no store by
waste away
wear off
take a header
think too little of
cave in
rebate
tail away
condense
simplify
slenderize
squeeze
fleece
adjust
palliate
constrict
blunt
debase
make fewer
demote
peter
halve
demean
commute
decimate
repress
contain
disempower
minish
allay
assuage
relieve
subtract
modulate
disengage
quieten
devalorize
defuse
shed
mollify
untighten
take it easy
lower in price
syncopate
elide
dampen
disappear
slight
miniaturise
UK
miniaturize
US
cause to fall
come down
vanish
die
languish
loose
underprize
underprice
make weaker
fall short
rein back
dissipate
remove
delete
confine
omit
grow weaker
lower in value
drop down
reduce greatly
do away with
tighten up
enervate
not do justice
go
get smaller
go downwards
become less intense
faint
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
objectify
become weaker
go easy
lop
become softer
become quieter
disperse
drop away
melt away
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
totter
lose
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
gutter
deaden
quash
drag
slope
buckle
take the heat off
decry
get quieter
get softer
dissolve
flop
lull
discredit
settle down
denigrate
bow out
take the sting out
put a lid on
mark off
rein in
hold back
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
break down
be precipitated
lose value
decrease in value
decline in price
wear out
fade out
give out
give way
let up on
make less strict
make less formal
disregard
become weak
misjudge
underween
go away
grow dim
knock
take for granted
eat away at
eat into
look down on
make economies in
make cuts in
reduce wastage in
expend
blister
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
backbite
withdraw
spend
rot
retrograde
atrophy
evacuate
disintegrate
dull
devolve
laugh at
gather
take in
alter
subtract from
cut rate
wilt
bate
burn
absorb
devour
disimprove
bankrupt
vitiate
draw in
lose significance
decrease in importance
lose lustre
pale into insignificance
grow dull
pale
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
finish
draw down
draw
squander
play out
trail away
thin out
thin down
wash up
eat up
dig into
whitewash
deemphasize
make light
brush off
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
halt
arrest
nip in the bud
obviate
preclude
neutralize
US
deter
neutralise
UK
cripple
stifle
fetter
negate
screw up
intercept
interrupt
anticipate
fend off
quash
queer
confound
hobble
hamstring
divert
undo
delay
cancel
annul
suppress
forbid
parry
preempt
repulse
cramp one's style
pre-empt
throw monkey wrench in
put an end to
debar
help
mess up
put a brake on
hang up
get in before
second-guess
provide against
get ahead of
beat someone to the punch
beat someone to the draw
refuse
pick off
beat someone to it
steal a march on
cut off
shut off
offset
buck
disconcert
throw a curve
throw a spanner in the works
contravene
scuttle
invalidate
halt in its tracks
throw a monkey wrench in the works
repel
squash
obscure
rattle
dish
blank
counterplot
bury
strangulate
blight
commandeer
dampen
crush
chill
cloud
confront
put the brakes on
get in the way of
take out of play
get in the way
get the better of
be early
crool
banjax
wreak havoc with
be one step ahead of
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
overcome
lick
conquer
cause setback
beat down
put end to
take wind out of sails
burst bubble
put the lid on
dash one's hope
free
spare
reprieve
give the run around
absolve
exempt
dispense
control
render null and void
stem
discharge
ban
refrain from
rein
bridle
pause
contain
cut short
reduce
terminate
muffle
squelch
smother
swallow
constrain
govern
moderate
staunch
hold
fight back
bottleneck
withhold
disallow
enjoin
dodge
save
discourage
bottle up
choke
brake
tame
regulate
rebuff
choke back
proscribe
outlaw
rein in
keep in check
slow down
stay away
stay away from
forbear
get around
steer clear
shrink from
abstain from
abstain
shake off
restrain from
skip
withstand
desist
shirk
skip out on
shy from
resist
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
keep a lid on
keep back
bite back
hold in
hold down
deny
except
eliminate
exclude
blackball
suspend
estop
reject
ostracize
US
bring to a standstill
stem the flow of
withhold from
desist from
deny oneself
leave off
give up
kick
make up for
forgo
renounce
keep from
counterbalance
break the habit of
eschew
do without
shake
forbear from
shun
override
ostracise
UK
exile
play for time
close out
freeze out
count out
rule out
shut out of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To belittle or express disapproval of
deprecate
disparage
belittle
denigrate
decry
discredit
depreciate
run down
diminish
scorn
derogate
knock
bad-mouth
criticise
UK
criticize
US
cry down
deflate
deride
diss
marginalise
UK
marginalize
US
play down
pooh-pooh
trivialise
UK
trivialize
US
underestimate
underrate
undervalue
detract
dis
discount
disdain
dismiss
malign
minimise
UK
minimize
US
poor-mouth
trash
trash-talk
vilify
vilipend
flame
lambaste
minify
misprize
disapprove
discommend
expostulate
frown
hold cheap
kiss off
make little of
mudsling
object
put down
rip
scoff at
sell short
sneer at
talk down
treat lightly
write off
think little of
poor mouth
not go for
cut down to size
take dim view of
defame
pan
slate
slam
rubbish
make light of
detract from
slag off
pull apart
do down
have a go at
take to pieces
hit out at
pick holes in
drag through the mud
do a hatchet job on
ridicule
degrade
demean
mock
downgrade
slur
revile
lower
condemn
abuse
bash
censure
asperse
downplay
smear
roast
dispraise
understate
squash
scorch
blister
squelch
cast aspersions on
pour scorn on
laugh at
dump on
traduce
laugh off
tear down
shoot down
debase
devalue
cut to the quick
take down a peg
pooh pooh
sour grapes
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
write down
knock off
bring down
look down one's nose at
slight
slander
speak ill of
insult
vituperate
attack
lessen
calumniate
underplay
tear into
opprobriate
cheapen
rap
disesteem
pull to pieces
denounce
speak badly of
brush aside
throw mud at
reduce
libel
contemn
discountenance
disgrace
gloss over
soft-pedal
sling mud at
speak evil of
tone down
blame
deplore
treat as unimportant
blast
besmirch
disregard
weaken
downcry
impugn
soften
devaluate
whitewash
bag
pummel
US
skewer
snub
blacken
animadvert
stigmatize
US
object to
spurn
reprehend
pummelled
UK
reject
humiliate
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
frown on
qualify
scandalize
US
look askance at
deemphasize
stigmatise
UK
scandalise
UK
disapprove of
extenuate
find fault with
de-emphasize
brush off
lay into
give a bad name
blacken the name of
do a number on
shrug off
blacken the character of
despise
demote
berate
subordinate
sneer
humble
fault
poormouth
question
compromise
hammer
monster
clamor against
mistrust
repudiate
gibe
gird
twit
jeer
scoff
taunt
crush
comment negatively
mortify
shame
make fun of
look down on
put hooks in
talk trash
find fault
throw brickbats at
put away
give comeuppance
knock off high horse
tear to pieces
pillory
execrate
moderate
take a dig at
rail against
undermine
inveigh against
reprobate
fulminate against
excoriate
carp at
anathematize
cavil at
underemphasize
decrease
back-bite
mitigate
backbite
withdraw
complain
snipe at
hit
rail
dislike
tarnish
dishonour
UK
mess with
hold forth against
come down on
tear to shreds
discourage
ignore
temper
minimalize
mark down
take away
villainize
dishonor
US
offend
tell lies about
lie about
belie
put zingers on
drag through the mire
run a smear campaign against
cast a slur on
cast slur on
fling mud at
demonise
UK
demonize
US
take swipe at
throw stones at
rate too low
cut rate
take away from
reprove
set no store by
set little store by
think too little of
not do justice to
do an injustice to
not do justice
be wrong about
show displeasure
not take kindly to
take a dim view of
make light
subtract from
disclaim
disown
discard
reproach
think wrong
be against
not support
rebuke
spread lies about
take exception to
not believe in
sully the reputation of
tell someone to get lost
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
rip up
oppose
negate
remonstrate against
chastise
zing
express a poor opinion of
remonstrate
be hostile towards
cast aside
raise an
give someone the brush-off
look right through someone
give the cold shoulder to
sweep aside
cold-shoulder
pass on
more ❯
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
topple
torpedo
blow up
break
fell
blast
desecrate
bring down
spoil
bomb
exterminate
crash
undo
despoil
wreak havoc on
take out
erase
eradicate
expunge
extirpate
efface
sink
blow to bits
dash
spoliate
lay waste to
leave in ruins
stamp out
defeat
gut
dynamite
eliminate
liquidate
break down
overturn
zap
sack
scourge
pillage
kill
reduce
upset
blight
sabotage
mar
depredate
bust
scotch
scupper
ravish
throw down
nix
wipe from the face of the earth
blot out
overwhelm
bring to ruin
impair
blow to pieces
wipe off the face of the earth
reduce to ruins
snuff out
write off
leave desolate
cancel
explode
delete
abolish
plunder
capsize
batter
knock to pieces
quash
damage
blow down
tear up
mow down
clear
ruinate
blow
mutilate
maim
slaughter
massacre
blow a hole in
injure
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
bowl down
deface
bring to naught
reduce to rubble
do away with
blow away
incinerate
disrupt
put paid to
clean up
root out
finish off
cut down
black out
mangle
mess up
sweep away
lay in ruins
do for
wrack up
banjax
dish
floor
put the kibosh on
botch
overthrow
rape
prang
make desolate
lay low
benothing
beat
avenge
torment
end
squash
get rid of
take care of
suppress
check
put down
take away
terminate
burn away
strike
burn
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
ransack
raid
bring about the downfall of
run onto the rocks
pile up
shipwreck
vandalize
US
crack up
smash up
vandalise
UK
dash to pieces
cripple
undermine
put out of action
queer
tumble
execute
commit genocide
kill off
cut a swath through
butcher
wipe
dispatch
wipe off
scrub out
drive
propel
force
thrust
smite
take
overcome
maraud
crack
burst
blow sky-high
excise
implode
shiver
splinter
fracture
split
fragment
hew
spill
scatter
subvert
unmake
disintegrate
bowl over
deck
down
push over
tip over
drop
upend
knock over
cast down
strike out
smatter
splinterize
fragmentalize
exhaust
blow out
crunch
fragmentize
break into pieces
rive
rend
crush to smithereens
blow apart
scrunch
disable
smash to smithereens
snap
cause to fall
saw down
clear-fell
knock to the ground
clear-cut
chop
chop down
ground
bring to the ground
hack down
scratch out
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
off-load
lighten
empty
dump
jettison
relieve
unship
take off
ease the load of
disgorge
empty out
rid
void
slough
clear out
transfer
extricate
unhamper
disembroil
disembarrass
offload
unstow
ditch
drop
eject
reduce weight
make lighter
put off
take away
remove cargo
carry away
throw out
hurl
heave
maroon
discommode
throw overboard
throw over the side
pour out
tip out
unbox
undo
uncrate
take out
get rid of
shift
foist
fob off
palm off
relieve of
free from
divest
dispose of
more ❯
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
censure
condemn
denounce
blast
disparage
lambaste
pillory
attack
roast
arraign
vilify
slate
malign
deprecate
denigrate
besmirch
slur
diss
excoriate
hammer
castigate
fault
maul
reprehend
skewer
fustigate
savage
chastise
flame
pummel
US
rubbish
carp
reprobate
monster
chide
crucify
lash
bash
bag
slag
scathe
reprimand
decry
dispraise
blame
sledge
objurgate
reprove
slash
scorch
clobber
dis
denunciate
derogate
asperse
inveigh against
complain about
give some stick to
trim
pick at
pummelled
UK
find fault with
rap
inveigh
run down
disapprove of
bag on
jump on
skin
throw brickbats at
fulminate against
rail against
come down on
animadvert on
give a bad press to
pull to pieces
dress down
pass judgment
cut to bits
pour scorn on
nag at
nit-pick
slag off
find fault
hit
pull apart
slug
give bad press
cut up
hit out at
have a go at
fluff
carp at
cast aspersions on
slog
blister
give flak to
nitpick about
throw shade
tear into
lace into
do a number on
vituperate against
cavil at
pick holes in
pass strictures upon
cut down
pick to pieces
lay into
give the business
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
dispatch
destroy
slaughter
slay
butcher
whack
neutralize
US
snuff
get
finish off
scrag
take the life of
do to death
end the life of
polish off
shoot down
cut down
mow down
neutralise
UK
put away
zap
finish
snuff out
put an end to
annihilate
massacre
decimate
silence
make away with
cause the death of
cancel
put down
abolish
cut to pieces
vaporise
UK
purge
put to sleep
vaporize
US
hit
shoot
wax
guillotine
hang
lynch
dust off
take someone's life
carry off
put to the sword
fell
grease
crucify
garrotte
UK
cool
obliterate
behead
electrocute
decapitate
garrote
US
down
send to the gas chambers
gun down
chill
claim
take
asphyxiate
strangle
euthanize
extinguish
blackball
nix
immolate
gas
stretch out
send to the chair
stone to death
blow someone's brains out
send to the gas chamber
put before a firing squad
send to the gibbet
string up
send to the electric chair
deep-six
put out of its misery
mutilate
stab
dust
genocide
end
blast
fry
bowstring
smite
suffocate
sacrifice
efface
ruin
kill in cold blood
carry out a sentence of death on
depopulate
take care of
put end to
sweep away
stamp out
ethnically cleanse
send to kingdom come
clean up
root out
black out
stone
murk
smother
garotte
defeat
do
knife
mass murder
kill off
send to the gallows
take off
administer the coup de grâce
give the coup de grâce
put paid to
drive to the wall
bring down
move in for the kill
take a life
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
get in the way
manacle
forestall
embarrass
bork
short-circuit
bridle
curtail
interfere
disrupt
avert
oppose
inconvenience
procrastinate
be a hindrance to
weigh down
suppress
control
stem
reduce
keep
prohibit
moderate
neutralize
US
embog
keep waiting
regulate
stonewall
bottleneck
scupper
crab
counteract
suspend
preclude
neutralise
UK
rein in
entangle
circumvent
bind
incommode
obviate
discommode
debar
help
nip in the bud
cramp one's style
head off
ward off
saddle with
sink
discontinue
entrammel
cause to wait
cause to stay
weaken
sidetrack
subdue
tie
freeze
discomfit
rattle
faze
dam
overload
muzzle
burden
penelopize
reserve
chain
disconcert
leash
debilitate
contravene
resist
disadvantage
get bogged down
oppress
bother
charge
temper
stunt
foul up
screw up
cut off
affect
disturb
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
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
get rid of
send packing
give someone the push
make redundant
disturb
defrock
give someone the sack
usurp
uncrown
unthrone
bring down
give someone the bullet
remove from office
boot
impeach
give someone their cards
deprive
drum out
overturn
unmake
replace
discrown
give notice
give the old heave-ho
give notice to
succeed
give someone their notice
bump
transplant
come after
uproot
step into the shoes of
give the elbow
discard
break
supersede
unfrock
rearrange
shelve
disemploy
force out
drop
shuffle
position
change
crowd out
declare redundant
push
extricate
disentangle
give walking papers
misplace
free
dispel
degrade
demote
upset
downgrade
override
dig out
get out
disbar
disqualify
disestablish
outplace
suspend
pension
deselect
disfrock
recall
furlough
depone
knock out of place
knock out of position
drive out
change the position of
subvert
freeze out
turf
turn out
deprive of office
strip of rank
pink slip
give heave-ho
cut out
take over from
hand walking papers
take the place of
take out
run out of town
take over
give someone his
pay off
give the sack to
cast out
let out
wash out
shut out
turn away
give warning
ride out on rail
give the ax
give the gate
give someone the big E
give a pink slip
give someone the pink slip
give marching orders
unloose
defeat
throw
unhorse
chuck out
chuck
triumph
overwhelm
cut
squeeze out
excuse
move on
nix
bust
get going
set going
debar
ditch
dump
carry over
reshuffle
reorganize
US
redistribute
alter
eighty-six
dehire
unhire
shed
put out of place
give the boot to
give the bullet to
adjust
redeploy
reorder
separate
rummage
perturb
disunite
divide
unhinge
disarticulate
interrupt
put away
give someone his or her walking papers
move out of place
court martial
give the push to
remove from power
bring about the downfall of
give one's cards
give pink slip
give bum's rush
redispose
rejig
readjust
relieve of duty
substitute
lock out
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their P45
give the chop
displant
show the gate to
clear
reorganise
UK
follow
unsettle
disthrone
disenthrone
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
put somewhere else
empty
depopulate
unpeople
accede
clean
wrench out
substitute for
fill the void
set aside
loosen
erase
follow after
remove from
clear from
assume the office of
go next
fill someone's boots
be subsequent to
step into someone's boots
come next
take away
move out
knock over
send away
get off
knock loose
kiss off
give someone the air
bin off
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
ream
pan
jump on
chasten
reprobate
put down
fulminate against
vilify
find fault with
rail
disparage
light into
bash
slag off
scathe
crucify
pillory
rubbish
pummel
US
roast
give a piece of one's mind
jump down one's throat
tear a strip off
pummelled
UK
denigrate
potshot
trash
belabor
US
rip into
slash
yell at
slag
belabour
UK
bag
inveigh against
assail
malign
deprecate
rave at
lay down the law
discipline
fault
dis
dispraise
denunciate
skewer
asperse
cavil
lash
blister
rip
skin
sail into
correct
caution
accuse
arraign
come down hard on
smear
scorn
sledge
call over the coals
punish
zap
scorch
run down
cut up
vituperate against
bad-mouth
pick to pieces
bring to book
climb all over
jump all over
disapprove
impugn
cane
rollick
decry
contemn
scourge
rake
derogate
fustigate
lam into
jawbone
strongly criticize
recriminate
sort out
slang
draw the line
lash out at
wade into
clobber
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
give a going over
slug
lash out
preach
expostulate
tell a thing or two
take to pieces
let fly at
let fly
pull apart
hit
give someone a bad press
trounce
have someone on the carpet
pick holes in
bite someone's head off
cut down
shout at
disapprove of
lose one's temper with
give the business
give one hell
carp at
nag at
lean on
reprimand severely
warn
exprobrate
attask
adjure
advise
counsel
refute
ferule
discredit
harsh
speak
defame
visit
threap
set upon
taunt
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
explode
moralise
UK
moralize
US
objurate
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
chew
argue with
assault verbally
stigmatize
US
fry
oppose
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
rap knuckles
disagree with
have words with
have words
dress-down
stigmatise
UK
criticize harshly
burst out
throw the book at
lay on
give comeuppance
pile in
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
charge
bring to account
express disapproval of
start on
shoot down
start in
scream at
jump down someone's throat
keep after
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
cuss out
tax
lash into
call to task
point the finger
criticize severely
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
take apart
mete out punishment to
rag on
make an example of
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
take on
carp on
sound off
go after
tear apart
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
round on
have your knife in
criticize strongly
tear down
teach a lesson
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
give the devil
be hard on
pick on
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
go for the jugular
cast a slur on
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
blacken someone's reputation
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
insult
besmirch
slur
slander
maul
carp
calumniate
traduce
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
vilipend
fluff
slog
inveigh
curse
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
rile
growl
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
complain
diminish
discount
minimize
US
ridicule
dismiss
talk down
slight
minimise
UK
object
do a hatchet job on
trash-talk
moan
grumble
poor-mouth
dump on
fuss
speak ill of
play down
nitpick
whine
gripe
write off
kiss off
whinge
grouse
drag through the mud
object to
kick
detract from
take exception to
scoff at
beef
kvetch
undervalue
downgrade
underrate
protest
quibble
grouch
detract
libel
do down
bleat
bellyache
fulminate
tear to shreds
throw mud at
challenge
underestimate
trivialize
US
dispute
speak evil of
niggle
speak badly of
take issue with
crab
marginalize
US
mock
grizzle
deflate
marginalise
UK
find lacking
grump
pooh-pooh
wail
keen
caterwaul
scream
repine
tear to pieces
blacken the name of
trivialise
UK
holler
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
mutter
squeal
nitpick over
declaim
yowl
yaup
downplay
demean
kick up a stink about
protest against
be against
frown on
opprobriate
demur
quibble about
minify
split hairs
misprize
argue against
thunder
argue
rage
rant
treat lightly
lampoon
sneer at
kick up a fuss about
question
kick up a fuss
hold cheap
make a fuss about
reject
query
degrade
gripe about
look askance at
lower
impeach
except
hypercriticize
chunter
mither
create
disdain
mudsling
carp about
moan about
grouse about
beef about
discommend
give something a battering
discountenance
dissent
make light of
abhor
go on about
raise objections to
take issue
take a stand against
detest
despise
speak out against
cut down to size
bring into disrepute
spread lies about
fume
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
get angry with
give a bad name
storm
conduct a smear campaign against
find unacceptable
vociferate
speak out
contest
blacken
whine about
whip
grouch about
understate
demonize
US
make a stand
controvert
contradict
pettifog
demonise
UK
zing
negate
bellyache about
whinge about
badmouth
oppose strongly
resist
remonstrate against
expostulate about
animadvert upon
jeer at
sound off about
call out
gainsay
contravene
indict
mouth off about
downcry
oppugn
disesteem
cross
disavow
take a dim view of
complain vociferously about
humiliate
get at
take exception
pick holes
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
rant about
sell short
declaim against
be on at someone
be in opposition to
spurn
make a fuss
take a swipe at
twine
disagree
frown upon
laugh at
kvetch about
laugh off
poor mouth
be hostile to
call into question
pooh pooh
kick up a stink
be critical of
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
persecute
oppress
speak of with disfavour
blacken the character of
hose
brand
give a rough time
sling mud at
mumble
satirize
US
hit out
beat
satirise
UK
demote
devalue
snipe at
have a pop at
hold forth against
heap
mark down
take away
bring under fire
take
debate
prosecute
review unfavorably
take swipe at
throw stones at
jeer
destroy
niggle about
misrepresent
earbash
protest strongly
sneer
disregard
rebut
accost
yelp
yap
bawl
sully
show someone up
lessen
devaluate
cheapen
compromise
make little of
frown
make a protest
back-bite
gossip about
take a dig at
snipe
think little of
put hooks in
crush
humble
clamor against
look down on
weigh into
give someone bondi
be picky
be hypercritical
make fun of
show up
charge with
spout
bluster
huff
rave
mortify
shame
snub
comment negatively
throw shade at
deliver a tirade to
express strong disapproval of
have at
work over
crack down on
take dim view of
not go for
think wrong
not support
raise objections
expose to ridicule
sound off to
hold up to shame
express objections
backstab
intimidate
take a stand
menace
not believe in
mess with
express disagreement
lodge a protest
express objections to
mind
express disapproval
withstand
combat
squabble
bicker
rain
object strongly to
fight
grieve
give a tongue-lashing
vociferate about
be in opposition
bemoan
bewail
groan
lament
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
express a poor opinion of
be hostile towards
chop logic
have a problem
quarrel with
swear at
chirp
fret
snivel
lay
crib
impute
differ
defy
natter
ascribe
grumble about
have a problem with
raise an
dig into
assault
tuck into
rant and rave
raise trivial objections to
be pedantic
hold someone to blame
complain to
debase
make an objection
be displeased
baulk
UK
make a stink
go-one-on-one
raise objection
draw the line at
mix it up with
tangle with
balk
US
beg to differ
plain over
put the boot in
lodge a complaint
carry on
speak up
make a complaint
hold responsible
hold accountable
pass on
dig
jinx
traverse
doubt
negative
disaffirm
break
deny
tar
squash
squelch
give a black eye
make mincemeat of
make short work of
rip to shreds
swipe at
cast doubt upon
cut to shreds
cast aspersions upon
throw doubt on
pin on
thumb nose at
rip up
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
cut to the quick
rage against
protest strongly at
be scandalized by
be offended by
be shocked by
thunder against
disagree violently with
remonstrate about
make a protest against
kick against
make a stand against
complain bitterly about
kick up
put up a fight against
take great exception to
peck
bother
go on
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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
injury
obloquy
slam
jibe
injustice
humiliation
opprobrium
derision
disparagement
scandal
rudeness
black eye
shame
depreciation
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
mockery
contempt
ignominy
insolence
hit
zinger
gibe
wrong
criticism
dirty dig
odium
disgrace
censure
left-handed compliment
shaft
infamy
sneer
scorn
disrepute
stigma
discredit
indignation
hurt
harm
attack
rebuff
embarrassment
reflection
disservice
unfairness
cutting remark
detraction
slander
libel
defamation
vilification
contumely
impertinence
impudence
incivility
revilement
wisecrack
invective
blasphemy
sledge
knock
disdainfulness
despite
flame
microaggression
jeer
displeasure
cheap shot
scoffing
disparaging remark
wrongdoing
atrocity
inequity
unjustness
brush-off
detriment
raw deal
provocation
disdain
exposé
animadversion
dump
stricture
smear
belittlement
kick
crack
desecration
quip
scoff
insinuation
call-down
remark
rebuke
innuendo
swipe
denigration
name-calling
pan
snide remark
suppression
burn
goading
spite
rejection
ridicule
deprecation
prejudice
mischief
hateful remark
comeback
ridiculing
taunting
condescension
gibing
sting
one in the eye
scornfulness
vitriol
burlesque
lampooning
banter
raillery
dirty deed
blitzkrieg
push
onslaught
assault
assailment
battery
aggression
onset
miff
pique
blitz
huff
umbrage
mugging
resentment
dudgeon
mocking remark
pointed comment
blow to one's pride
ill
damage
evil
infringement
ruffled feathers
ill-treatment
unjust act
vituperation
scurrility
aspersions
superciliousness
impugnment
pejorative
unpleasantry
abusive remark
jab
teasing
sneering
parting shot
satire
jeering
irony
ragging
jibing
mordancy
chaffing
sneers
taunts
acrimony
bitterness
acidity
sharpness
acridity
acerbity
catcall
cynicism
kidding
rancor
US
corrosiveness
mordacity
ribbing
chaff
lampoon
persiflage
causticness
causticity
flouting
trenchancy
laughter
snappy comeback
goofing
razzing
mimicry
sardonicism
roast
jibes
twitting
needling
leer
rancour
UK
winding up
taking the mickey
razz
pulling someone's chain
brutality
forcefulness
directness
incisiveness
outspokenness
verbal dig
snidery
caricature
decry
parody
joking
verbal jab
fleer
knocking
joshing
badinage
travesty
rib
verbal attack
character assassination
sport
farce
critical remark
jeers
insults
kidology
backhander
pilgarlic
barbed remark
chiacking
pooh-poohing
rally
foolery
buffoonery
verbal abuse
put-on
Bronx cheer
rag
ride
twit
tease
rank-out
joke
derisiveness
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take-down
take down a notch
take down a peg
take down a peg or two
takedowns
take downtown
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take disciplinary action against
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