Thesaurus / poor-mouth
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- curtail
- decrease
- diminish
- downplay
- lessen
- play down
- reduce
- underestimate
- abbreviate
- attenuate
- belittle
- cheapen
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- discount
- disparage
- dwarf
- knock
- miniaturize
- pan
- pooh-pooh
- prune
- shrink
- underplay
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- knock down
- make light of
- make little of
- put down
- run down
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
He did believe you, more or less, and what you said fell in with his own impressions—strange impressions that they were, poor man!
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
But such a thing had, nevertheless, come quite glibly out of her mouth, and she knew not why.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")
The poor must look to the brightness of a future world for the consolation that they were denied in this.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
W was a Watchman, and guarded the door; X was expensive, and so became poor.
WORDS RELATED TO POOR-MOUTH
- abuse
- asperse
- bad-mouth
- belittle
- calumniate
- censure
- condemn
- cry down
- defame
- denounce
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- devalue
- diminish
- discount
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- do a number on
- downgrade
- dump on
- hit
- knock
- lower
- malign
- mark down
- minimize
- opprobriate
- pan
- poor-mouth
- put down
- rail against
- rap
- reprehend
- reprobate
- run down
- slam
- take away
- take swipe at
- throw stones at
- traduce
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- vilify
- write off
- abbreviate
- attenuate
- belittle
- cheapen
- curtail
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- decrease
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- diminish
- discount
- disparage
- downplay
- dwarf
- knock
- knock down
- lessen
- make light of
- make little of
- miniaturize
- pan
- play down
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- prune
- put down
- reduce
- run down
- shrink
- underestimate
- underplay
- abbreviate
- attenuate
- belittle
- cheapen
- curtail
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- decrease
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- diminish
- discount
- disparage
- downplay
- dwarf
- knock
- knock down
- lessen
- make light of
- make little of
- miniaturize
- pan
- play down
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- prune
- put down
- reduce
- run down
- shrink
- underestimate
- underplay
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.