put-down
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“Obtuse” means “stupid” or “simpleminded” and is always a put-down in this context.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Trump, who has feuded with O'Donnell for decades, saw an opportunity for a put-down when the veteran comic's name came up during Wednesday's meeting.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
And let's not forget her iconic put-down to unwanted male attention that I'll admit to rolling out endlessly in my teens: "Ugh, as if!"
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
It was not only her contemptuous put-down: “You have no foreign policy experience and it shows.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
In the last week, Tally had learned that Shay only used her ugly nickname as a put-down.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Dan Rubin put down a $1,000 deposit on the bestselling SUV earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Caitlin Giles, a medical assistant in New Jersey, put down a deposit for a RAV4 in early May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
In 2017, Tesla said it would sell 1,000 “Founders Series” models, each of which required buyers to put down $250,000 at the time.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
There was the tiredness, she says, and being out of breath after mild exercise but both were put down to being unfit and just post-school fatigue.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
She put down the potato and mimed shuffling and dealing a hand of cards.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Her dry put-downs mask a fury that she eventually unleashes with seismic force.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
The first Stanford was made of real students, who defy tidy put-downs of “kids these days.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Dame Maggie Smith was famous not only for her impeccable comic timing but also for the caustic put-downs used with such stinging effect by characters including Downton Abbey's Lady Grantham and Harry Potter's Professor McGonagall.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
At the colleges, I’ve developed some stock put-downs for them: “You must be a law student, aren’t you?”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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