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Weak matches

• belittle
• criticize
• dis
• disparage
• dump on
• find fault
• knock
• malign
• mudsling
• pan
• pooh pooh
• put down
• rap
• rip
• roast
• run down
• slam
• slander
• take a dig at
• take down a peg
• tear down
• tear to pieces

Strongest matches

• criticize
• decry
• deride
• discredit
• disparage
• downplay
• scorn
• underestimate

Strong matches

• deprecate
• depreciate
• derogate
• diminish
• discount
• downgrade
• knock
• lower
• minimize
• pan
• rip
• roast
• slam
• smear
• trivialize
• underrate
• undervalue

Weak matches

• bad-mouth
• cut to the quick
• dispraise
• dump on
• pooh pooh
• poor-mouth
• put down
• run down
• scoff at
• shoot down
• shoot full of holes
• sneer at
• take a swipe at
• take down
• take down a peg
• tear down
• write off

Strongest matches

• demystify
• disparage
• mock
• puncture

Strong matches

• deflate
• discover
• expose
• lampoon
• uncloak
• unmask

Weak matches

• show up
• unshroud

Strongest matches

• disconcert
• mortify

Strong matches

• chasten
• dash
• debunk
• dispirit
• humble

Weak matches

• kick in the teeth
• knock down
• let down easy
• let wind out of sails
• puncture balloon
• put down
• shoot down
• take down

Strongest matches

• cheapen
• corrupt
• debase
• degenerate
• demean
• deteriorate
• diminish
• discredit
• disgrace
• downgrade
• impair
• lessen
• reduce
• vitiate
• weaken

Strong matches

• abase
• belittle
• bench
• break
• bump
• bust
• canker
• debauch
• decry
• demote
• depose
• deprave
• derogate
• detract
• disbar
• dishonor
• disparage
• humble
• injure
• lower
• pan
• pervert
• sink
• slam

Weak matches

• bemean
• cast down
• declass
• mudsling
• put down
• rule out
• run down
• shoot down
• take down
• take down a peg
• tear down

Strongest matches

• belittle
• debase
• degrade
• despise
• disparage

Strong matches

• abase
• contemn
• decry
• derogate
• descend
• detract
• lower
• pan
• scorn
• sink
• stoop

Weak matches

• bad-mouth
• bemean
• cast down
• dis
• dump on
• knock down
• poor-mouth

Strong matches

• depreciate
• derogate
• detract
• discountenance
• disesteem
• disfavor
• disparage
• expostulate
• frown
• object
• pooh-pooh
• rip

Weak matches

• disapprove of
• discommend
• mudsling
• not go for
• poor-mouth
• protest against
• put down
• run down
• take dim view of
• take down
• take exception to

Strongest matches

• detract from
• minimize

Strong matches

• abuse
• cheapen
• decry
• demean
• depreciate
• derogate
• devalue
• pan

Weak matches

• bad-mouth
• dispraise
• dump on
• give comeuppance
• knock off high horse
• poormouth
• put away
• put down
• run down
• tear down

Strongest matches

• confuse
• crush
• degrade
• demean
• depress
• disgrace
• humble
• shame
• snub
• subdue

Strong matches

• abase
• abash
• base
• blister
• break
• chagrin
• chasten
• confound
• conquer
• debase
• denigrate
• deny
• discomfit
• discountenance
• dishonor
• downplay
• lower
• mortify
• pan
• rip
• slam
• smear
• squash
• vanquish
• wither

Weak matches

• bemean
• bring down
• bring low
• cast down
• make a fool of
• make ashamed
• play down
• put out of countenance
• put to shame
• run down
• shoot down
• take down
• take down a peg
• tear down

Strongest matches

• curtail
• decrease
• diminish
• downplay
• lessen
• play down
• reduce
• trivialize
• underestimate

Strong matches

• abbreviate
• attenuate
• belittle
• cheapen
• decry
• deprecate
• depreciate
• derogate
• detract
• discount
• disparage
• dwarf
• knock
• miniaturize
• pan
• pooh-pooh
• prune
• shrink
• underplay

Weak matches

• knock down
• make light of
• make little of
• poor-mouth
• put down
• run down

Strongest matches

• debase
• discredit
• dishonor
• humiliate
• mortify
• reproach
• ridicule

Strong matches

• abash
• blot
• confound
• defile
• degrade
• disconcert
• humble
• smear
• stain

Weak matches

• give a black eye
• shoot down
• take down
• take down a peg