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81bad-mouth — [v] to denigrate belittle, criticize, cut down to size*, dis*, disparage, dump on*, find fault, knock*, malign, mudsling*, pan, pooh pooh*, put down*, rap, rip, roast*, run down*, slam, slander, take a dig at*, take down a peg*, tear down*, tear… …
82snub — I. v. a. 1. Nip, clip, dock, prune, cut short, cut down, check, stunt. 2. Check (with a tart remark), stop, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide. 3. Abash (as a pretentious person), slight, humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, confound, disconcert,… …
83shame — [n] disgrace, embarrassment abashment, bad conscience*, blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discomposure, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy …
84deflate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exhaust, empty; reduce, humble, lower. See humility, contraction.Ant., inflate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. collapse, let the air out, flatten, discourage; see contract 1 , decrease 1 , 2 , discourage… …
85depreciate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. disparage, derogate, discredit, belittle, cheapen, slump, fall, rundown (inf.), knock (sl.). See detraction, cheapness, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To decline in value or quantity] Syn. devalue,… …
86mortify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humiliate, embarrass, chagrin; decay. See humility, deterioration, asceticism. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shame, embarrass, discipline, belittle; see disgrace , humiliate , ridicule . III (Roget s 3… …
87abase — v 1. degrade, debase, vitiate, demean, discredit, demote, depose; devaluate, reduce, lower, depress; humiliate, humble, mortify, bring low, take down, bring or take down a peg. 2. disgrace, dishonor, shame; slander, calumniate, asperse, denigrate …
88chide — [v] criticize, lecture admonish, berate, blame, call down*, call on the carpet*, castigate, censure, check, condemn, exprobate, find fault, flay, give a hard time*, lesson, monish, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold,… …
89detraction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disparagement Nouns 1. detraction, derogation, disparagement, dispraise, depreciation, disvaluation, vilification, obloquy, scurrility, scandal, defamation, aspersion, traducement, slander, calumny, evil …
90depreciate — [v1] devalue, lose value abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deflate, depress, deteriorate, devalorize, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, mark down, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write down,… …
