put-down
Example Sentences
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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
Industrial policy was for Europeans; a common put-down was that it was “dirigiste,” a French term for “directed.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023
Seeking to break the ice at their first summit in Singapore, Trump told Kim the nickname wasn’t as much of a put-down as it sounded.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023
“Beatnik is put-down, negative, drag,” he explained to The Los Angeles Times in 1969.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022
In the last week, Tally had learned that Shay only used her ugly nickname as a put-down.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
