put-down
Example Sentences
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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
“Beatnik is put-down, negative, drag,” he explained to The Los Angeles Times in 1969.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022
After pausing for the crowd to cheer the put-down, she continued, one hand over her heart.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 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.
