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Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of
Present participle for to show that one feels superior in a patronizing manner
Verb
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Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of
disparaging
belittling
denigrating
deprecating
decrying
depreciating
diminishing
derogating
dismissing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
dissing
discounting
trashing
vilipending
bad-mouthing
running down
trash-talking
putting down
playing down
crying down
writing off
kissing off
dumping on
knocking
underrating
detracting from
making light of
criticizing
US
panning
undervaluing
underestimating
vilifying
criticising
UK
rubbishing
abusing
discrediting
slamming
downplaying
slating
trivializing
US
reviling
understating
having a go at
scoffing at
trivialising
UK
slagging off
defaming
maligning
deriding
aspersing
downgrading
roasting
making little of
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
underplaying
pooh-poohing
scorning
ridiculing
minifying
misprizing
slighting
sneering at
speaking ill of
pulling apart
attacking
slurring
slandering
condemning
mocking
devaluing
bashing
dispraising
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
dragging through the mud
tearing down
hitting out at
softening
lessening
detracting
deflating
marginalizing
US
vituperating
taking to pieces
marginalising
UK
toning down
de-emphasizing
deemphasizing
holding cheap
pouring scorn on
pulling to pieces
tearing into
insulting
cutting down to size
censuring
traducing
calumniating
disdaining
flaming
rapping
picking holes in
speaking badly of
selling short
underemphasizing
glossing over
treating lightly
shrugging off
demeaning
lowering
denouncing
whitewashing
degrading
blasting
smearing
taking lightly
contemning
throwing mud at
cheapening
pummelling
UK
pummeling
bagging
taking down a peg
doing down
disgracing
reducing
qualifying
reprehending
lambasting
moderating
blaming
reprobating
libeling
US
impugning
libelling
UK
ripping
brushing aside
finding fault
shooting down
faulting
setting little store by
cavilling at
laughing off
skewering
laughing at
slinging mud at
extenuating
laying into
holding back
throwing brickbats at
humiliating
finding fault with
blistering
speaking evil of
taking a swipe at
taking down
setting no store by
making nothing of
scorching
carping at
thinking little of
despising
talking trash
squashing
cutting to the quick
squelching
shooting full of holes
disapproving
humbling
spurning
discountenancing
looking down on
berating
making fun of
compromising
hammering
devaluating
doing an injustice to
rating too low
mitigating
brushing off
minimalizing
tempering
weakening
making light
giving comeuppance
putting away
knocking off high horse
poormouthing
taking a dig at
tearing to pieces
besmirching
mistrusting
questioning
repudiating
scoffing
twitting
taunting
girding
jeering
gibing
snubbing
rejecting
commenting negatively
messing with
mortifying
shaming
crushing
scandalising
UK
giving a bad name
spreading lies about
sullying the reputation of
criticizing unfairly
blackening
stigmatising
UK
blackening the character of
bad mouthing
scandalizing
US
blackening the name of
ripping up
stigmatizing
US
giving black eye
flaying
picking to pieces
carping
skinning
slagging
mauling
denunciating
cavilling
UK
savaging
jeering at
caviling
US
giving something a battering
giving a bad press to
nit-picking
excoriating
execrating
deploring
pillorying
doing a number on
hitting
fulminating against
complaining
anathematizing
coming down on
railing
marking down
tearing to shreds
animadverting
sniping at
railing against
inveighing against
taking swipe at
disapproving of
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
giving little weight to
attaching little importance to
dumbing down
undertoning
sneering
putting hooks in
dishonouring
UK
dishonoring
US
castigating
reproaching
debasing
smirching
sullying
assailing
reproving
tarnishing
chastising
crucifying
staining
rebuking
disrespecting
reprimanding
tainting
objurgating
scathing
injuring
dragging through the mire
slashing
abasing
chastening
jumping on
besmearing
defiling
giving a black eye
upbraiding
flinging mud at
bringing into disrepute
arraigning
blotting
rating
damaging
lacing to
chiding
sledging
cutting up
dressing down
soiling
taking to task
bringing discredit to
admonishing
scolding
casting a slur on
muckraking
bringing shame upon
spreading scandal about
potshotting
belaboring
US
spotting
lampooning
cutting down
nitpicking about
sinking
befouling
reflecting badly on
vituperating against
belabouring
UK
fouling
bringing shame on
spoiling
disregarding
look down one's nose at
blotching
breathing on
carpeting
offending
animadverting on
giving some stick to
hauling over the coals
badmouthing
affronting
running smear campaign
ripping up and down
tarring and feathering
caning
backbiting
nagging
giving someone a bad press
chewing out
giving flak to
giving a rocket
tearing off a strip
ragging
bawling out
teasing
calling down
tongue-lashing
reaming out
judging
poking fun at
casting down
giving someone a roasting
misrepresenting
giving someone a rollicking
caricaturing
disesteeming
burlesquing
lecturing
expostulating
inveighing
recriminating
reaming
embarrassing
outraging
throwing shade
telling lies about
wounding
picking at
remonstrating with
treating with contempt
giving a talking-to
nagging at
sniffing at
giving someone hell
backstabbing
ragging on
bagging on
bringing down
rapping over the knuckles
finding lacking
reading the riot act
nitpicking over
giving someone a bollocking
slapping
demonizing
US
demonising
UK
cursing
lashing
satirizing
US
flouting
bollocking
basting
disfavouring
disfavoring
remonstrating
jawing
trimming
satirising
UK
letting someone have it
undermining
poisoning
running a smear campaign against
tearing apart
giving something a bad press
blackening someone's name
blackening the reputation of
conducting a smear campaign against
telling off
jibing at
sneezing at
holding in contempt
passing strictures upon
holding up to ridicule
railing at
laying down the law
raking over the coals
tearing a strip off
dragging someone's name through the mud
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone an earful
pitching into
lowering the status of
ranting at
giving someone a dressing-down
turning your nose up at
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone a rating
expressing disapproval of
oppressing
persecuting
objecting
hurting
fulminating
belying
opposing
hosing
raging
zinging
rollicking
declaiming
villainizing
nitpicking
haranguing
ignoring
clobbering
abhorring
zapping
slugging
proscribing
fustigating
jibing
miscalling
slanging
prostituting
travestying
tormenting
prejudicing
scouting
blemishing
destroying
expressing a poor opinion of
remonstrating against
treating disrespectfully
keelhauling
wigging
scoring
rowing
taking apart
dehumanizing
US
calling names
sailing into
sounding off
slinging mud
sending up
putting in a bad light
dehumanising
UK
showing up
ranking out
quipping at
complaining about
desecrating
getting at
writing false reports about
giving Bronx cheer
pulling up
spreading tales about
objecting to
regarding with contempt
jumping down one's throat
marking wrong
criticizing severely
ticking off
taking the mickey
dragging name through mud
turning up one's nose
giving the business
arguing against
giving someone a wigging
thinking too little of
making a fuss about
giving someone some stick
bringing to book
giving someone what for
giving someone a row
slapping someone's wrist
taking issue with
taking exception to
looking down upon
biting someone's head off
bringing low
taking the piss out of
kicking up a stink about
passing judgment
yelling at
lighting to
bringing shame to
heaping scorn on
demoting
harshing
labelling
UK
labeling
US
riding
refuting
hooting
annoying
provoking
hating
gossipping
spiting
gossiping
aggravating
imprecating
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
shouting at
gossiping about
ruining
blackguarding
getting angry with
underpricing
condescending
slogging
fluffing
upsetting
misrespecting
misbidding
scourging
assaulting verbally
arguing with
sniping
bringing under fire
bemeaning
disagreeing with
reviewing unfavorably
criticizing strongly
deigning
lying about
bastardizing
US
not doing justice
piling in
animadverting upon
thundering against
complaining of
raking
ranting
giving someone bondi
weighing into
dragging through mud
betraying
casting slur on
discommending
negating
accusing
lessoning
jawboning
starting on
starting in
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
knocking off
writing down
speaking of with disfavour
having a pop at
treating contemptuously
making jokes about
cutting to bits
taking on
casting a slur upon
owning
attainting
disvaluing
not supporting
skinning alive
giving bad press
swiping
fleering
sniggering
cracking
laughing
dumping
rallying
jesting
showing contempt for
abominating
pointing the finger
giving the devil
laying on
calling to task
dragging down
failing to appreciate
setting too little store by
losing face
giving a bad name to
putting someone in their place
making someone eat crow
taking down a peg or two
causing to lose face
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
going for the jugular
lashing out
disobliging
irritating
framing
selling out
punishing
storming
beating down
naming
adjudging
pronouncing
exposing
lashing into
plastering
blaspheming
strumpeting
jinxing
digging
thumbing one's nose
bawling
yelping
yapping
knocking down
ribbing
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
bastardising
UK
profaning
giving offence to
jiving
kidding
defying
chaffing
shunning
causing offence to
laying out
ripping into
declaring unfit
razzing
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
laying at one's door
pinning it on
sending up the river
cutting dead
hurting somebody's feelings
failing
disobeying
disowning
discarding
disclaiming
working over
having at
cracking down on
going after
quizzing
stepping on one's toes
bantering
showing in a bad light
grousing about
sounding off about
beefing about
whingeing about
moaning about
quibbling about
carping about
grouching about
whining about
bellyaching about
griping about
cocking a snook
thundering
bringing into disfavour
misjudging
mimicking
gibing at
underweening
threaping
cautioning
disciplining
imitating
vociferating
speaking out
protesting strongly
telling someone to get lost
curling your lip at
saying contemptuously
making cutting remarks about
having a crack at
kicking
louting
doing
frowning on
holding in disdain
lookng down at
preaching
impersonating
casting aside
giving the cold shoulder to
sweeping aside
cold-shouldering
giving someone the brush-off
aping
having no use for
refusing to acknowledge
having contempt for
demurring
expostulating about
making a protest
making a stand
ranting about
excepting
spoofing
arguing
taking to the woodshed
going on at
putting on the mat
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
blowing up
keeping after
jumping down someone's throat
giving someone a caning
having someone on the carpet
slapping down
copying
poking mullock at
making sport of
challenging
mouthing off about
going on about
miming
taking for granted
distorting
flouting at
perverting
exaggerating
dissenting
griping
disputing
parodying
taking off
putting on
doing an impression of
doing a takeoff of
opposing strongly
frowning upon
taking issue
complaining vociferously about
protesting against
objecting strongly to
expressing disagreement with
speaking out against
lodging a protest against
kicking up a fuss about
taking exception
taking a stand against
raising objections to
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“During the meeting, the manager used his authority to
talk down
to his subordinates, undermining their confidence in front of their colleagues.”
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Present participle for to show that one feels superior in a patronizing manner
condescending
patronising
UK
patronizing
US
belittling
disdaining
humiliating
looking down on
lording it over
putting down
speaking condescendingly to
speaking haughtily to
talking down to
treating condescendingly
treating as inferior
putting on airs
treating like a child
look down one's nose at
denigrating
deigning
favoring
US
stooping
infantilizing
indulging
demeaning
snubbing
favouring
UK
treating badly
tossing a few crumbs
treating with disdain
treating with condescension
treating contemptuously
condescending to
treating scornfully
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talking down to
talking endlessly
talking excitedly
talking foolishly
talking forcefully
talking freely
talking dirty
talking constantly
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