put-down
Example Sentences
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The word “decorative,” with its evocation of surfacey dazzle, is often a put-down in art.
From New York Times • May 16, 2024
It was not only her contemptuous put-down: “You have no foreign policy experience and it shows.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
The German accused the Dane of being "unsporting" and Magnussen responded with a withering put-down.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022
After pausing for the crowd to cheer the put-down, she continued, one hand over her heart.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
My comments must have struck Farmer as a put-down, because when I looked across the room his pale blue eyes were fixed on me.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
