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poor-mouth

[poor mohth] / ˈpʊər ˌmoʊθ /
VERB
belittle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
criticize decry deride discredit disparage downplay scorn underestimate
STRONG
deprecate depreciate derogate diminish discount downgrade knock lower minimize pan rip roast slam smear trivialize underrate undervalue
WEAK
bad-mouth cut down to size cut to the quick dispraise dump on pooh pooh 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
Antonyms
STRONGEST
approve commend compliment flatter laud praise
STRONG
enlarge increase overestimate overrate overvalue raise upgrade
WEAK
build up exaggerate value
VERB
decry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belittle condemn denounce minimize
STRONG
abuse asperse calumniate censure defame depreciate derogate detract devalue diminish discount discredit disgrace disparage downgrade hit knock lower malign pan rap reprehend reprobate slam traduce underestimate underrate undervalue vilify
WEAK
bad-mouth cry down do a number on dump on mark down opprobriate put down rail against run down take swipe at throw stones at write off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
approve praise
STRONG
commend compliment esteem exaggerate exalt flatter honor increase laud overestimate overrate overvalue raise respect sanction
WEAK
applaud
VERB
demean
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belittle debase degrade despise disparage
STRONG
abase contemn decry derogate descend detract lower pan scorn sink stoop
WEAK
bad-mouth bemean cast down cut down to size dis dump on knock down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
admire approve elevate honor laud praise upgrade value
STRONG
compliment exalt increase rise
WEAK
boost enhance improve
VERB
deprecate
Synonyms
STRONG
depreciate derogate detract discountenance disesteem disfavor disparage expostulate frown object pooh-pooh rip
WEAK
cut down to size disapprove of discommend mudsling not go for protest against put down run down take dim view of take down take exception to
Antonyms
STRONG
approve commend compliment increase laud praise sanction
WEAK
build up endorse
VERB
minimize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
curtail decrease diminish downplay lessen play down reduce trivialize underestimate
STRONG
abbreviate attenuate belittle cheapen decry deprecate depreciate derogate detract discount disparage dwarf knock miniaturize pan pooh-pooh prune shrink underplay
WEAK
cut down to size knock down make light of make little of put down run down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
develop enlarge expand extend grow increase lengthen prolong raise strengthen
STRONG
approve build up commend compliment exalt laud praise
WEAK
maximize overestimate overrate
VERB
smear
Synonyms
STRONGEST
besmirch blacken defame malign slander sully taint vilify
STRONG
asperse befoul blackguard blister calumniate defile denigrate discolor hit libel pan rap scorch slam slur traduce
WEAK
bad-mouth drag through mud give a black eye rip up sling mud
Antonyms
STRONGEST
compliment praise
STRONG
flatter
WEAK
honor laud upgrade

Example Sentences

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We are not going to cry the poor mouth, other than to say the reality of this challenge is too much.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2011

But what is making Mancini put on the poor mouth?

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010

This boy was a prisoner, too, and yet he turns up all right and puts up a poor mouth about what he failed to do.

From A Little Union Scout by Gibbs, George

And yet I am told that the old woman was not accustomed to "make a poor mouth," as the saying goes.

From Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine by Waugh, Edwin

I looked at his portraits, a heavy, almost froggish face, with projecting eyes and a thick moustache to hide a poor mouth.

From The World Set Free by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)