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What is another word for
tarnishing
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Verb
(
somewhat rare
)
Bringing harm or injury to
Present participle for to lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
Present participle for to cause to become soiled or dirty
Present participle for to bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of
Present participle for to oxidize or corrode, typically by being affected with rust
Present participle for to lose, or cause to lose, color or brightness
Present participle for to make, or cause to be, blur or dim
Noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material or substances
The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored
Decomposition, typically on metal in the form of a reddish-brown oxide coating
A shameful act or quality that damages an otherwise good character or reputation
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Verb
▲
(
somewhat rare
)
Bringing harm or injury to
annoying
harming
injuring
crippling
damaging
hurting
bruising
impairing
maiming
mangling
molesting
scathing
traumatizing
US
wrecking
abusing
blemishing
crushing
marring
mutilating
spoiling
vandalizing
US
vitiating
wounding
breaking
defacing
deforming
disfiguring
ruining
wrenching
traumatising
UK
vandalising
UK
compromising
destroying
blighting
flawing
tainting
endamaging
undermining
crabbing
weakening
crossing up
messing up
sullying
sabotaging
bloodying
ravaging
lousing up
fouling up
trashing
debasing
defiling
totalling
totaling
blotting
corrupting
staining
smashing
gutting
annihilating
shattering
demolishing
dismantling
corroding
roughing up
scratching
causing detriment to
diminishing
destabilizing
US
jeopardizing
US
scarring
devastating
debilitating
impeding
hindering
disabling
upsetting
deteriorating
subverting
desecrating
wronging
poisoning
worsening
disrupting
impoverishing
besmirching
enfeebling
enervating
prejudicing
despoiling
dilapidating
razing
cracking
queering
smirching
shocking
sapping
scorching
polluting
disfeaturing
tweaking
dinging
destabilising
UK
making a mess of
denting
distorting
shaking up
detracting from
jeopardising
UK
smashing up
knocking
wreaking havoc on
mucking up
darkening
touching
twisting
befouling
soiling
disserving
nicking
perverting
obliterating
uglifying
doing mischief to
dumping on
handling roughly
souring
colouring
UK
coloring
US
tagging
costing
causing the loss of
causing the sacrifice of
resulting in damage to
resulting in harm to
leading to the end of
degrading
misshaping
contorting
putting a damper on
bending
detracting
warping
undoing
stabbing
maltreating
playing merry hell with
tearing
disintegrating
gnawing
contaminating
tampering with
discoloring
US
wearing away
banging up
lacerating
splitting
infecting
dirtying
driving a nail into the coffin of
bleaching
playing havoc with
fading
discolouring
UK
rusting
rotting
burning
doing damage to
incapacitating
afflicting
devitalizing
depressing
inconveniencing
battering
torpedoing
blasting
withering
putting out of action
taking out
doing harm to
putting out of commission
screwing up
interfering with
throwing a monkey wrench into
reducing
threatening
devaluing
lessening
blunting
cheapening
invalidating
decreasing
devaluating
unfitting
disqualifying
making useless
putting the kibosh on
losing strength
buckling
laming
torturing
malforming
screwing
squinching
gnarling
scotching
scuppering
dashing
nixing
banjaxing
wasting
cruelling
euchring
dismembering
knotting
bringing to naught
doing in
blowing a hole in
cutting
pillaging
handicapping
desolating
crumpling
mauling
ravishing
busting
dishing
torpefying
bowing
curving
blowing
skewing
depleting
disarming
dislimbing
wincing
cleaning out
brutalising
UK
making lame
hacking up
tearing apart
making ugly
wiping out
brutalizing
US
making unattractive
bringing to ruin
laying waste
pulling down
bringing down
doing for
bending out of shape
pretzelling
pretzeling
influencing
causing injury
spray painting
making misshapen
distorting the shape of
having a bad effect on
having a negative effect on
mashing
demeaning
depreciating
lowering
scoring
scraping
disgracing
palsying
stifling
unstrengthening
sidelining
attenuating
hacking
hamstringing
butchering
massacring
castrating
gimping
angling
wresting
wringing
splaying
collapsing
hog-tying
amputating
tearing limb from limb
cutting to pieces
cutting up
bankrupting
decimating
vaporizing
US
pulverizing
US
frustrating
sinking
flattening
ruinating
wracking
creaming
botching
overwhelming
nuking
mullering
defeating
ending
preventing
quelling
quashing
levelling
UK
overturning
extinguishing
leveling
US
overthrowing
bodging
scourging
stymieing
nullifying
reducing to nothing
leaving in ruins
bringing to nothing
wreaking havoc upon
vaporising
UK
laying in ruins
pulverising
UK
rubbing out
reducing to rubble
tearing down
leaving desolate
knocking down
decaying
knackering
glitching up
putting a stop to
putting an end to
putting the lid on
throwing a spanner in the works
bringing to an end
putting paid to
making a hash of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
disfashioning
waxing
piquing
fouling
paining
flexing
arching
grimacing
drawing blood
beggaring
draining
fleecing
exhausting
kinking
wrinkling
reducing to beggary
making crooked
turning
becoming curved
becoming misshapen
winding
making curved
going out of shape
crooking
changing
deviating
swerving
becoming crooked
pauperizing
becoming deformed
crippling financially
becoming distorted
plundering
sacking
depredating
spoliating
squashing
ballsing up
taking apart
more ❯
“Read the care label to make sure that you don't burn or
tarnish
the fabric while ironing.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
corroding
deteriorating
discoloring
US
discolouring
UK
oxidising
UK
oxidizing
US
rusting
staining
blackening
dulling
becoming discoloured
becoming dull
darkening
becoming black
losing luster
losing lustre
losing shine
losing its lustre
losing its shine
crumbling
flaking
dissolving
reacting
disintegrating
burning
heating
spoiling
fragmenting
perishing
wasting away
becoming rusty
“Gold was valued from ancient times because it did not
tarnish
or rust like other metals.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to become soiled or dirty
defiling
staining
befouling
besmirching
soiling
contaminating
polluting
spoiling
spotting
tainting
dirtying
blemishing
smirching
sullying
begriming
blackening
griming
marring
muddying
smudging
injuring
ruining
blotting
corrupting
denigrating
discolouring
UK
discoloring
US
marking
smearing
tarring
fouling
daubing
miring
bemiring
mucking
distaining
gauming
darkening
poisoning
debasing
spattering
vitiating
blighting
blotching
streaking
damaging
making dirty
adulterating
splashing
making impure
messing up
touching
besmearing
bespattering
splattering
clouding
dotting
splotching
tingeing
tinging
undermining
bedaubing
infecting
splodging
degrading
besoiling
fading
mucking up
rusting
bruising
flecking
disfiguring
scarring
specking
impairing
maculating
vilifying
debauching
encrusting
coating
smutching
draggling
making unclean
disgracing
making filthy
making dusty
dyeing
coloring
US
dying
dulling
scorching
compromising
anointing
littering
bloodying
blacking
alloying
desecrating
radioactivating
covering
slushing
getting dirty
getting filthy
speckling
denting
colouring
UK
mottling
festering
making mucky
charring
peppering
trashing
imprinting
defacing
roiling
riling
murking
weathering
bleaching
sprinkling
beclouding
notching
pitting
impressing
scuzzing up
shooting
dappling
bestrewing
marbling
strewing
stippling
scattering
freckling
spraying
sowing
making foul
making murky
nicking
scratching
scraping
scoring
cutting
gashing
chipping
sploshing
making cloudy
washing out
clouding up
making black
making blacker
making darker
pimpling
studding
blazing
checking
inking
chalking
stroking
slopping
plastering
blobbing
striping
dabbing
making muddy
making sooty
caking with dirt
besprinkling
slabbering
making grimy
rubbing
spreading
smutting
slapping
bespeckling
caking with mud
caking with soil
bestudding
shading
dusting
ebonizing
variegating
patching
making dark
making smoky
showering
messing
mussing
spritzing
dashing
covering with blotches
plashing
swashing
sloshing
bedabbling
mussing up
dousing
broadcasting
discharging
sputtering
spluttering
wetting
dispersing
spangling
dribbling
emitting
more ❯
“Shana shuffled forward on her knees, careful not to
tarnish
her dress as she did so on the mossy ground.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
sullying
slandering
defaming
disgracing
debasing
traducing
blotting
discrediting
maligning
shaming
smearing
staining
stigmatising
UK
stigmatizing
US
tainting
vilifying
besmirching
censuring
degrading
dishonouring
UK
knocking
rubbishing
slurring
befouling
belittling
calumniating
decrying
denigrating
disparaging
reproaching
soiling
aspersing
assailing
besmearing
defiling
injuring
libelling
UK
libeling
US
lowering
scandalising
UK
scandalizing
US
smirching
spoiling
blackening
damaging
embarrassing
muckraking
spotting
attacking
blotching
deriding
derogating
dishonoring
US
disrespecting
poisoning
reducing
ripping
undermining
breathing on
bringing discredit to
dragging through the mire
dragging through the mud
reflecting badly on
bad-mouthing
bringing into disrepute
bringing shame on
bringing shame upon
slagging off
speaking ill of
tarring and feathering
doing a number on
giving a black eye
ripping up and down
flinging mud at
slinging mud at
casting a slur on
spreading scandal about
doing a hatchet job on
giving a bad name
running smear campaign
blemishing
abasing
cheapening
humiliating
demeaning
depraving
fouling
taking down
humbling
chastening
perverting
darkening
running down
casting aspersions on
putting in a bad light
tearing down
sinking
vilipending
touching
corrupting
vitiating
marring
blighting
debauching
speaking evil of
bringing shame to
telling lies about
dragging down
giving a bad name to
insulting
reviling
slighting
slamming
panning
devaluing
scorching
blistering
harming
throwing mud at
blackening the name of
running a smear campaign against
blackening someone's name
showing in a bad light
dragging someone's name through the mud
bastardizing
US
polluting
contaminating
adulterating
branding
bastardising
UK
profaning
detracting
misrepresenting
lessening
badmouthing
ruining
roasting
backbiting
diminishing
prejudicing
compromising
disfavouring
disfavoring
belying
casting a slur
mortifying
snubbing
desecrating
burlesquing
caricaturing
villainizing
putting down
vulgarizing
US
reflecting negatively
vulgarising
UK
shooting down
showing up
slinging mud
bringing dishonour to
lowering the status of
spreading tales about
damaging the reputation of
muddying the reputation of
marking wrong
casting in a bad light
harming the reputation of
blackening the reputation of
dragging name through mud
taking down a peg
writing false reports about
alloying
diluting
blackguarding
violating
brutalising
UK
brutalizing
US
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
hurting
subverting
vituperating
dumbing down
reducing the status of
making lose face
dragging through mud
lying about
deprecating
offending
blackening the character of
deteriorating
disregarding
owning
attainting
mocking
ridiculing
tarring
downgrading
bemeaning
putting zingers on
casting slur on
losing face
depreciating
bringing low
bringing down
making someone eat crow
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
cutting down to size
causing to lose face
sneering
hitting
plastering
blaspheming
strumpeting
spreading lies about
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
casting down
cutting down
blotting your copybook
bestializing
exposing
disesteeming
detracting from
bringing into disfavour
pooh-poohing
lambasting
criticizing
US
slating
criticising
UK
dissing
condemning
bashing
trashing
dumping on
berating
impugning
minimizing
US
castigating
abusing
discounting
excoriating
scolding
minimising
UK
denouncing
scorning
rebuking
savaging
blasting
hammering
upbraiding
having a go at
crying down
taking to pieces
playing down
dismissing
undervaluing
trivializing
US
reproving
underrating
laying into
railing against
inveighing against
pouring scorn on
tearing into
trivialising
UK
pulling apart
trash-talking
doing down
hitting out at
reprimanding
scathing
potshotting
belaboring
US
chiding
underestimating
skewering
cursing
deflating
contemning
downplaying
belabouring
UK
rapping
minifying
marginalizing
US
flaming
misprizing
fulminating against
jumping on
cutting to the quick
dispraising
tongue-lashing
marginalising
UK
treating lightly
scoffing at
discountenancing
making light of
sneering at
talking down
picking holes in
kissing off
writing off
holding cheap
chastising
nagging
accusing
pummelling
UK
pummeling
demonizing
US
admonishing
demonising
UK
zinging
bagging
taunting
carpeting
crucifying
oppressing
persecuting
haranguing
abashing
flaying
rating
lecturing
disdaining
understating
chagrining
hosing
slanging
squashing
dressing down
bawling out
pulling to pieces
telling off
chewing out
taking to task
finding fault with
raking over the coals
causing to feel small
laughing off
laughing at
sullying the reputation of
making someone eat humble pie
reading the riot act
making ashamed
speaking badly of
calling down
conducting a smear campaign against
vituperating against
giving someone a dressing-down
putting to shame
ripping into
making a fool of
lampooning
slagging
gossiping about
demoting
selling short
disconcerting
putting hooks in
miscalling
riding
spurning
clamoring against
faulting
looking down on
insinuating
making someone feel ashamed
making uncomfortable
reprobating
subduing
crushing
blowing off
cussing out
swearing at
calling names
shouting at
discomfiting
reaming
cutting up
skinning alive
taking apart
quashing
hitting where one lives
giving a talking-to
withering
breaking
laying down the law
vanquishing
confusing
ranting at
taking the wind out of your sails
settling someone's hash
putting out of countenance
scoring
basting
keelhauling
jawing
railing at
ragging
reprehending
objurgating
pillorying
ticking off
calling over the coals
reaming out
striking
lacing to
cudgeling
US
lashing into
slashing
pitching into
hauling over the coals
shellacking
punishing
slapping
trimming
cudgelling
UK
smothering
having your knife in
scourging
squelching
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
jinxing
digging
railing
blaming
lashing
growling
riling
throwing brickbats at
ripping up
ragging on
barking at
finding fault
sailing into
tying into
tearing a strip off
yelling at
beating up on
lighting to
more ❯
“These letters contained several humorous depictions that would
tarnish
the family's reputation, perhaps irreparably.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of
debasing
degrading
demeaning
corrupting
abasing
vitiating
cheapening
perverting
subverting
depraving
harming
lowering
deteriorating
warping
debauching
poisoning
damaging
blemishing
smirching
chastening
devaluing
bastardising
UK
bastardizing
US
undermining
lessening
fouling
profaning
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
prostituting
crippling
cankering
blackening
bemeaning
debilitating
devaluating
taking down
casting down
dragging down
lowering the status of
dragging through the mud
reducing the status of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to oxidize or corrode, typically by being affected with rust
rusting
corroding
oxidising
UK
oxidizing
US
eroding
decaying
deteriorating
rotting
declining
decomposing
corrupting
atrophying
stagnating
degenerating
going stale
crumbling away
becoming rusty
abrading
oxidating
dissolving
eating away
eating
scouring
biting into
burning into
etching
eating into
searing
burning
consuming
gnawing
wasting
fretting
destroying
nibbling
wearing away
wearing down
spoiling
burning through
eating away at
impairing
cankering
biting
gnawing away
flaking
wearing
biting at
gnawing away at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lose, or cause to lose, color or brightness
fading
paling
lightening
decolorizing
decolouring
discoloring
US
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
dimming
discolouring
UK
dulling
achromatizing
decoloring
etiolating
losing color
making pale
washing out
growing pale
losing brightness
losing luster
becoming bleached
becoming colorless
becoming lighter
becoming pale
becoming paler
losing colour
growing dim
growing dull
becoming washed out
losing lustre
whitening
bleaching
blanching
blenching
softening
fainting
evanishing
going white
snowing
clearing
toning down
going pale
turning white
turning pale
making white
peroxiding
turning pallid
making pallid
whiting
becoming white
making paler
making whiter
removing colour from
whitewashing
chalking
frosting
grizzling
silvering
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make, or cause to be, blur or dim
blurring
obscuring
bedimming
befogging
dimming
beclouding
blearing
clouding
fogging
muddling
obfuscating
smudging
blackening
darkening
dislimning
fading
hazing
masking
misting
muddying
shrouding
unfocusing
unfocussing
besmearing
blinding
blotting
concealing
garbling
shading
shadowing
smearing
spotting
staining
blemishing
dazing
dazzling
discolouring
UK
discoloring
US
distorting
glaring
hiding
overcasting
overclouding
overshadowing
tainting
confusing
making indistinct
clouding over
making vague
becoming dim
becoming indistinct
fuzzing up
mixing up
making hazy
making unclear
becoming fuzzy
becoming hazy
becoming less sharp
becoming vague
making less distinct
muddying the waters
streaking
eclipsing
messing up
repressing
complicating
confounding
misrepresenting
convoluting
mystifying
miring
fuddling
coloring
US
befuddling
equivocating
colouring
UK
fuzzing
falsifying
muddying the waters of
clouding the issue
throwing a veil over
throwing up smoke screen
veiling
perplexing
discombobulating
adumbrating
murking
puzzling
disorienting
growing dim
flummoxing
bamboozling
dulling
addling
cloaking
graying
US
greying
UK
deepening
louring
screening
clouding up
obnubilating
blotting out
filming
casting a shadow over
jumbling
stupefying
glooming
tangling
enveloping
making difficult
making complex
mantling
growing dark
benighting
making dim
misting over
shielding
becoming cloudy
distracting from
blocking out
becoming blurred
filming over
opaquing
bedarkening
extinguishing
becoming gloomy
becoming overcast
showering
becoming shaded
dusking
umbraging
inumbrating
overhanging
sheltering
baffling
enveloping in shadow
blocking off the light to
casting a shadow on
raveling
US
ravelling
UK
embroiling
making darker
blacking out
growing black
rattling
entangling
twisting
making dark
turning black
becoming black
growing blacker
growing darker
bemusing
casting a shadow
confuscating
misinforming
misleading
making a mess of
making more difficult
rendering uncertain
bewildering
vexing
leading astray
muddying up
making obscure
beating
foxing
mazing
buffaloing
graveling
gravelling
obstructing
covering
blocking
enshrouding
blanketing
posing
burying
camouflaging
getting
disguising
suppressing
obliterating
encasing
ensconcing
curtaining
belying
wrapping
pettifogging
occulting
hindering
caching
stonewalling
bemisting
misting up
papering over
covering up
blanking out
putting out of sight
keeping out of sight
fogging over
steaming up
becoming misty
becoming covered in condensation
becoming clouded
steaming
fogging up
forming mist
glazing over
making cloudy
becoming obscure
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The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material or substances
adulteration
contamination
debasement
pollution
sullying
corruption
infection
deterioration
degradation
defilement
impurity
ruination
devaluation
reduction
depreciation
impairment
destruction
ruin
vitiation
damage
harm
poisoning
spoiling
tainting
befoulment
defacement
abuse
desecration
vandalism
mutilation
scarring
disfigurement
blemish
sacrilege
blasphemy
profanation
violation
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
injury
detriment
devastation
damaging
wreckage
degeneration
attrition
erosion
havoc
vandalization
affliction
crushing
wrecking
battering
marring
annihilation
spoilage
ravage
corrosion
abrasion
ruining
disturbance
catastrophe
infliction
bruise
blow
outrage
wear and tear
prejudice
sabotage
violence
deleteriousness
banefulness
mischance
noxiousness
disfiguration
defacing
foul play
impiety
vandalizing
US
uglification
degrading
irreverence
befouling
dishonouring
UK
despoliation
vandalising
UK
rape
dishonoring
US
ravishment
ravishing
molesting
molestation
assault
deflowering
bedding
defloration
seduction
seducing
spoliation
mistreatment
interference
interfering
sexual assault
sexual abuse
indecent assault
loss
hurt
suffering
shattering
friction
ill
detrition
mishap
breakage
deprivation
waste
evil
bane
casualty
adversity
disservice
accident
hardship
illness
mischief
wrong
wound
knockout
cave-in
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The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored
discoloration
mark
stain
blemish
blotch
patch
splotch
spot
soiling
birthmark
blot
bruise
contusion
defect
disfigurement
flaw
streak
bloom
bruising
ecchymosis
naevus
splodge
staining
tint
yellowing
liver spot
age spot
blackening
patina
oxidation
film
rust
tarnish
verdigris
coating
scratch
scar
smudge
pockmark
dent
pock
speck
nick
impression
dot
speckle
fleck
smirch
trace
pit
line
smear
chip
imprint
smut
notch
score
cut
blight
marking
excrescence
fingerprint
stripe
excrescency
fingermark
stigma
blaze
mar
check
ink
stroke
deformity
gash
incision
blur
mole
pimple
lump
fault
impurity
nodule
lentigo
cicatrix
brand
zit
blackhead
wart
nevus
blister
maculation
whitehead
defacement
hickey
snag
bug
freckle
macula
eyesore
beauty spot
blot on the landscape
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Decomposition, typically on metal in the form of a reddish-brown oxide coating
oxidisation
UK
oxidization
US
oxidation
corrosion
decomposition
reaction
rust
verdigris
erosion
rot
decay
blight
corruption
mildew
mould
UK
wear
mold
US
patina
must
dilapidation
Noun
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A shameful act or quality that damages an otherwise good character or reputation
blot
taint
stain
defect
disgrace
fault
flaw
spot
blemish
brand
slur
stigma
imperfection
smirch
blight
onus
scar
smudge
demerit
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
odium
black eye
discredit
shame
ignominy
smear
infamy
disrepute
reproach
obloquy
disesteem
bar sinister
opprobrium
humiliation
disfavour
UK
ill repute
disfavor
US
black mark
loss of face
tarnish
scandal
ingloriousness
blot on the escutcheon
degradation
slight
reprobation
besmirch
mark
embarrassment
contempt
unpopularity
bad name
notoriety
corruption
blame
disapprobation
disrespect
condemnation
derision
ill-repute
derogation
bad odor
millstone
injury
damage
imputation
besmirchment
hit
mark of Cain
lost face
slap
suggestion
hint
slam
affront
exposé
dump
outrage
bad reputation
disregard
cloud
ill favour
low esteem
bad reflection
skeleton in the cupboard
treachery
ill fame
ill favor
lack of respectability
disapproval
vilification
crime
defamation
debasement
debasing
comedown
turpitude
prostitution
pollution
humbling
scorn
culpability
slander
abasement
disbarment
misgrace
contumely
venality
strife
baseness
sin
meanness
indignity
mortification
reflection
censure
abashment
loss of pride
shamefulness
aspersion
blow to one's pride
discomfiture
chagrin
disreputableness
offence
UK
offense
US
depreciation
detraction
notoriousness
vitiation
shaming
put down
disgracefulness
disreputability
egg on one's face
dishonorableness
doghouse
opprobriousness
ignominiousness
unhonour
UK
ignobility
mistrust
distrust
loss of reputation
unhonor
US
bad books
discomfort
condescension
discomposure
resignation
self-abasement
loss of self-respect
disparagement
exposure
naming and shaming
unworthiness
criticism
bad odour
injustice
smarting
loss of honor
abomination
shamefacedness
compunction
villainy
outrageousness
shiner
misery
self-consciousness
animadversion
stricture
impropriety
enormity
red face
public disgrace
loss of dignity
crawling
prostration
harm
looking foolish
source of discredit
belittlement
loss of respect
dissatisfaction
annoyance
confusion
fluster
disconcertment
eating humble pie
self-effacement
vexation
awkwardness
insult
lowering
depression
reduction
snub
bring down
submissiveness
rebuff
submission
humility
humbleness
downgrading
demotion
abnegation
subjugation
denigration
deprecation
effacement
downgrade
slap in the face
smack in the face
touché
brush-off
kick in the teeth
mental pain
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