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- deprecate
collapse - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
- express strong disapproval of; deplore related words >
- belittle,
- bemoan,
- bewail,
- de-emphasize,
- denigrate,
- deplore,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- despise,
- detract,
- discommend,
- discountenance,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disvalue,
- downplay,
- frown,
- hold in contempt,
- lament,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- object,
- play down,
- put down,
- ridicule,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- cry down,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decrease,
- decry,
- degrade,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downplay,
- dwarf,
- hold in contempt,
- knock,
- lessen,
- libel,
- make little of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- play down,
- put down,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- slander,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- underplay,
- write off
- asperse,
- bedarken,
- besmirch,
- bespatter,
- black,
- blacken,
- blackwash,
- blot,
- blotch,
- call names,
- calumniate,
- charcoal,
- cork,
- darken,
- defame,
- defile,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- despise,
- dinge,
- discommend,
- disdain,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disvalue,
- ebonize,
- engage in personalities,
- heap dirt upon,
- hold in contempt,
- ink,
- libel,
- melanize,
- muckrake,
- murk,
- nigrify,
- oversmoke,
- put down,
- revile,
- ridicule,
- scandalize,
- shade,
- shadow,
- slander,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soil,
- soot,
- stigmatize,
- sully,
- tarnish,
- tear down,
- throw mud at,
- traduce,
- vilify
- bedwarf,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- criticize,
- cry down,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decry,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- dwarf,
- hold in contempt,
- knock,
- lessen,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- mitigate,
- play down,
- pooh-pooh,
- put down,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- trivialize,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue,
- write off
- minimize
collapse
- make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
- cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- cry down,
- curtail,
- cut down,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decrease,
- decry,
- degrade,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downplay,
- dwarf,
- hold in contempt,
- knock,
- lessen,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- play down,
- prune,
- put down,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- shrug off,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- talk down,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- belittle,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- care nothing for,
- contemn,
- cry down,
- dare,
- debase,
- decry,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deride,
- derogate from,
- despise,
- detract from,
- disapprove of,
- discommend,
- discredit,
- disdain,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disprize,
- disvalue,
- dump on,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- get fresh,
- get smart,
- have a nerve,
- have the cheek,
- have the gall,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- insult,
- knock,
- look down upon,
- make bold,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- misprize,
- presume,
- put down,
- rank low,
- reflect discredit upon,
- ridicule,
- run down,
- scorn,
- set at naught,
- slight,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- snort at,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- take liberties,
- taunt,
- think nothing of
- abuse,
- accuse,
- anathematize,
- anathemize,
- animadvert on,
- arraign,
- asperse,
- belittle,
- blame,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- call to account,
- calumniate,
- cast blame upon,
- cast reflection upon,
- censure,
- complain against,
- condemn,
- criticize,
- cry down,
- cry out against,
- cry out on,
- cry shame upon,
- damn,
- debase,
- defame,
- degrade,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprove,
- disapprove of,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- downgrade,
- fulminate against,
- hold in contempt,
- impeach,
- impugn,
- indict,
- inveigh against,
- knock,
- lower,
- make little of,
- malign,
- mark down,
- minimize,
- put down,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reflect upon,
- reprehend,
- reproach,
- reprobate,
- run down,
- shake up,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- submit to indignity,
- take away,
- take from,
- traduce,
- underrate,
- undervalue,
- vilify,
- write,
- write down,
- write off
- discount
collapse
- the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
- give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes" related words >
- abate,
- abatement,
- abjure,
- abuse,
- admit,
- admit exceptions,
- allow,
- allow for,
- allowance,
- bate,
- belittle,
- blink at,
- borrow,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- charge off,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- concede,
- consider,
- consider the circumstances,
- consider the source,
- contemn,
- contradict,
- cut,
- decline,
- deduct,
- deduction,
- deny,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- despise,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount notes,
- disdain,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disregard,
- draw back,
- except,
- exclude,
- fail,
- forget,
- forswear,
- gloss over,
- grant,
- ignore,
- kick back,
- knock off,
- lend,
- lessen,
- lift temporarily,
- lower,
- make allowance,
- make allowance for,
- mark down,
- minimize,
- omit,
- overlook,
- overpass,
- pass by,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- provide for,
- push aside,
- rebate,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- reduce,
- reduction,
- refund,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- reject,
- relax,
- relax the condition,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- scout,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shove away,
- slight,
- spurn,
- subtract,
- subtraction,
- take,
- take a premium,
- take account of,
- take away,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take off,
- take out,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- waive,
- write off
- disapprove
collapse
- consider bad or wrong
- deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" related words >
- abjure,
- attaint,
- ban,
- belittle,
- bespatter,
- blackball,
- blacken,
- blame,
- blot,
- blow upon,
- brand,
- brush aside,
- categorically reject,
- censure,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- condemn,
- contemn,
- contradict,
- criticize,
- decline,
- decry,
- defame,
- defile,
- denounce,
- deny,
- deplore,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- despise,
- detract,
- disallow,
- disapprove of,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discommend,
- discount,
- discountenance,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disregard,
- dissent from,
- except,
- exclude,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- expostulate,
- forswear,
- frown,
- frown at,
- frown down,
- frown upon,
- gibbet,
- grimace at,
- hang in effigy,
- ignore,
- knock,
- look askance at,
- look black upon,
- not approve,
- not go for,
- not hear of,
- not hold with,
- object,
- object to,
- oppose,
- ostracize,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- pillory,
- protest,
- push aside,
- put down,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- reject,
- remonstrate,
- renounce,
- repel,
- reprehend,
- reprimand,
- reprobate,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- run down,
- say no to,
- scout,
- shove away,
- slur,
- smear,
- soil,
- spurn,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- sully,
- taint,
- take exception to,
- tarnish,
- think ill of,
- think little of,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- thumb down,
- turn away,
- turn down,
- turn out,
- view with disfavor,
- vilify,
- waive
- disparagement
collapse
- the act of speaking contemptuously of
- a communication that belittles somebody or something related words >
- airs,
- animadversion,
- arrogance,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- attrition,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- belittlement,
- bend sinister,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blot,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- calumny,
- censure,
- champain,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- defamation,
- denigration,
- depletion,
- deprecation,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- despisal,
- despite,
- detraction,
- diminution,
- dip,
- discommendation,
- discourtesy,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- disesteem,
- dishonor,
- dispraise,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- disvaluation,
- exclusiveness,
- extraction,
- hauteur,
- impairment,
- impudence,
- imputation,
- insolence,
- insult,
- irreverence,
- lack of respect,
- lessening,
- mark of Cain,
- minimization,
- misestimation,
- misprision,
- misprizal,
- misprizing,
- onus,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- reduction,
- reflection,
- remission,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- ridicule,
- scandal,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- slander,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smutch,
- sniffiness,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stricture,
- superciliousness,
- taint,
- tale,
- tarnish,
- toploftiness,
- truncation,
- underestimate,
- underestimation,
- underrating,
- underreckoning,
- undervaluation
- contempt
collapse
- a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- open disrespect for a person or thing
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" related words >
- abhorrence,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- affront,
- antipathy,
- arrogance,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- audacity,
- aversion,
- bold front,
- boldness,
- brash bearing,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- bravado,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- brickbat,
- bumptiousness,
- cheekiness,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- cockiness,
- contemptuousness,
- contradiction,
- contumacy,
- contumely,
- cut,
- daring,
- daringness,
- declination,
- declining,
- defial,
- defiance,
- defying,
- denial,
- denigration,
- deprecation,
- depreciation,
- derision,
- despisal,
- despising,
- despite,
- disapproval,
- discard,
- disclamation,
- discommendation,
- discounting,
- discredit,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgust,
- dishonor,
- dismissal,
- disownment,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- disregard,
- disrepute,
- disrespectfulness,
- distaste,
- disvaluation,
- dump,
- enormity,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- face of brass,
- flippancy,
- flout,
- flouting,
- freshness,
- gibe,
- hate,
- hatred,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- ignoring,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- indignity,
- infamy,
- injury,
- insolence,
- insult,
- jeer,
- jeering,
- loathing,
- mock,
- mockery,
- nonacceptance,
- nonapproval,
- nonconsideration,
- odium,
- offense,
- opprobrium,
- outrage,
- passing by,
- pertness,
- put-down,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recantation,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- renouncement,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- ridicule,
- rudeness,
- sauciness,
- scoff,
- scorn,
- scouting,
- scurrility,
- shame,
- spurning,
- stubbornness,
- taunt,
- throwing out,
- turning out,
- uncomplimentary remark
- aggrieve,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- barb,
- beard,
- bell the cat,
- bid defiance,
- bite the bullet,
- brave,
- brazen,
- brazen out,
- breast,
- brickbat,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- call names,
- call out,
- casus belli,
- challenge,
- confront,
- confront with,
- contempt,
- contumely,
- criticize,
- cut,
- dare,
- defamation,
- defy,
- despite,
- dig,
- dishonor,
- disoblige,
- dispraise,
- double-dare,
- dump,
- dump on,
- encounter,
- enormity,
- envisage,
- face,
- face out,
- face the music,
- face up,
- face up to,
- face with,
- fleer at,
- flout,
- flouting,
- front,
- gibe,
- gibe at,
- give offense,
- give offense to,
- give umbrage,
- grieve,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- hurl a brickbat,
- hurt,
- hurt the feelings,
- indignity,
- injury,
- insult,
- jeer,
- jeer at,
- jeering,
- jibe at,
- lay before,
- meet,
- meet boldly,
- meet head-on,
- meet squarely,
- mock,
- mockery,
- offend,
- offense,
- outdare,
- outrage,
- place before,
- present to,
- provocation,
- put down,
- put it to,
- put-down,
- raw nerve,
- red rag,
- run the gauntlet,
- scoff,
- scoff at,
- scream defiance,
- scurrility,
- set at defiance,
- set before,
- show fight,
- slap,
- slight,
- sore point,
- sore spot,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- stand up to,
- stare down,
- stem,
- sting,
- taunt,
- tender spot,
- treat with indignity,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- wound
- depreciate
collapse
- lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" related words >
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- abuse,
- allow,
- bate,
- beat down,
- belittle,
- break,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- charge off,
- cheapen,
- compress,
- consume,
- cry down,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut prices,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- debase,
- decline,
- decrease,
- decry,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- deplete,
- deprecate,
- depress,
- deride,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- despise,
- detract,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discommend,
- discount,
- discredit,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disgrace,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- dissipate,
- disvalue,
- dive,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- drain,
- dribble away,
- dwindle,
- eat away,
- erode,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- file away,
- give way,
- hold in contempt,
- impair,
- jew down,
- kick back,
- knock,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lower,
- make allowance,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- mark down,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- nose-dive,
- pare,
- play down,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- purify,
- put down,
- rebate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- reflect discredit upon,
- refund,
- remove,
- retrench,
- ridicule,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- run down,
- sag,
- scale down,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shave,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- shrug off,
- simplify,
- slash,
- slight,
- slump,
- soften,
- speak ill of,
- squander,
- step down,
- subduct,
- submit to indignity,
- subtract,
- take a premium,
- take away,
- take from,
- take off,
- talk down,
- thin,
- thin out,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- trim,
- tune down,
- underestimate,
- underplay,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue,
- waste,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- write down,
- write off
- abhor,
- abjure,
- airs,
- antipathetic,
- antipathy,
- aristocratic disdain,
- arrogance,
- arrogant,
- audacity,
- averse,
- aversion,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- bold front,
- boldness,
- brash bearing,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- bravado,
- brazenness,
- brush aside,
- bumptiousness,
- care nothing for,
- cavalier,
- cavalierness,
- cheekiness,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- cockiness,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contradict,
- contumeliousness,
- contumely,
- daring,
- daringness,
- decline,
- defial,
- defiance,
- defying,
- denigrate,
- deny,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deride,
- derision,
- despisal,
- despise,
- despising,
- despite,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discommend,
- discount,
- disdainful,
- disdainfulness,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- disprize,
- disregard,
- disvalue,
- dump on,
- except,
- exclude,
- exclusiveness,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- flout,
- forswear,
- fuss,
- haughtiness,
- haughty,
- hauteur,
- high-and-mighty,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- hold in derision,
- ignore,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- insolence,
- insolent,
- insult,
- laugh at,
- laugh to scorn,
- loftiness,
- look down upon,
- lordly,
- misprize,
- morgue,
- overbearing,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- pertness,
- pick and choose,
- push aside,
- put down,
- rank low,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- reject,
- rejecting,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- ridicule,
- sauciness,
- scoff at,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- scorning,
- scout,
- scouting,
- set at defiance,
- set at naught,
- shove away,
- slight,
- slight over,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- sniffiness,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snort at,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- spurn,
- spurning,
- supercilious,
- superciliousness,
- superior,
- think nothing of,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- toploftiness,
- treat with contempt,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- unsympathetic,
- waive
- disparage
collapse
- express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" related words >
- abate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- abuse,
- attaint,
- backbite,
- bad-mouth,
- bate,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- be disrespectful,
- be overfamiliar with,
- belittle,
- bespatter,
- blacken,
- blot,
- blow upon,
- brand,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- care nothing for,
- censure,
- cheapen,
- chill,
- contemn,
- criticize,
- cry down,
- curtail,
- debase,
- decrease,
- decry,
- deduct,
- defame,
- defile,
- degrade,
- deject,
- demean,
- demoralize,
- denigrate,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deride,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- despise,
- detract,
- detract from,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- disapprove,
- disapprove of,
- discommend,
- discredit,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disgrace,
- dishearten,
- dishonor,
- dispirit,
- dispraise,
- disprize,
- disrespect,
- disvalue,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- dump on,
- eat away,
- erode,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- extract,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- file away,
- gibbet,
- hang in effigy,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- impair,
- insult,
- knock,
- leach,
- lessen,
- libel,
- look down upon,
- make free with,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- malign,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- not respect,
- pillory,
- purify,
- put down,
- rank low,
- reduce,
- refine,
- reflect discredit upon,
- remove,
- reprimand,
- retrench,
- ridicule,
- rub away,
- run down,
- scorn,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shorten,
- show disrespect for,
- shrug off,
- slander,
- slight,
- slur,
- smear,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- snort at,
- soil,
- speak ill of,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- subduct,
- submit to indignity,
- subtract,
- sully,
- taint,
- take a liberty,
- take away,
- take from,
- take liberties with,
- talk down,
- tarnish,
- thin,
- thin out,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- traduce,
- treat with disrespect,
- trifle with,
- underestimate,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue,
- vilify,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- write off
- depreciation
collapse
- a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"
- decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use related words >
- abatement,
- ablation,
- abridgment,
- agio,
- alleviation,
- allowance,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- bank discount,
- belittlement,
- belittling,
- break,
- breakage,
- calumny,
- cash discount,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- cheapening,
- comedown,
- concession,
- consumption,
- contempt,
- contraction,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dampening,
- damping,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescence,
- decrial,
- deduction,
- defamation,
- deflation,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- denigration,
- depletion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- deprecation,
- depression,
- derogation,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- detraction,
- devaluation,
- devolution,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disapproval,
- discommendation,
- discount,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- dissipation,
- disvaluation,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drain,
- drawback,
- drop,
- dying,
- dying off,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- erosion,
- evaporation,
- exhaustion,
- expenditure,
- extenuation,
- extraction,
- fade-out,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- faint praise,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- impairment,
- impoverishment,
- indignity,
- involution,
- kickback,
- knocking,
- languishment,
- lapse,
- leakage,
- lessening,
- letup,
- loss of tone,
- lowering,
- lukewarm support,
- markdown,
- miniaturization,
- minimization,
- minimizing,
- misestimation,
- misprision,
- misprizal,
- misprizing,
- mitigation,
- nose dive,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plunge,
- premium,
- price cut,
- price fall,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- putting down,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- reduction,
- refund,
- regression,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- ridicule,
- rollback,
- sag,
- sagging,
- salvage,
- scaling down,
- scandal,
- setoff,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- simplicity,
- slander,
- slash,
- slighting,
- slippage,
- slump,
- sour grapes,
- subtraction,
- tale,
- tare,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- truncation,
- underestimate,
- underestimation,
- underrating,
- underreckoning,
- underselling,
- undervaluation,
- using,
- using up,
- wane,
- wastage,
- waste,
- weakening,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- write-off
- ridicule
collapse
- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" related words >
- airs,
- arrogance,
- badinage,
- banter,
- barrack,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- be disrespectful,
- be merry with,
- be overfamiliar with,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- burlesque,
- care nothing for,
- caricature,
- chaff,
- cheekiness,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- cockiness,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- dare,
- denigrate,
- denigration,
- deprecate,
- deprecation,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- deride,
- deriding,
- derision,
- despise,
- despite,
- discommend,
- discommendation,
- discourtesy,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- disesteem,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- disprize,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- disvaluation,
- disvalue,
- dump on,
- exchange,
- exclusiveness,
- face of brass,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- fleer at,
- flippancy,
- flout,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- freshness,
- fun,
- get fresh,
- get smart,
- gibe,
- gibe at,
- gibing,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- grin at,
- guy,
- harmless teasing,
- hauteur,
- have a nerve,
- have the cheek,
- have the gall,
- haze,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- hold in derision,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- insolence,
- insult,
- irreverence,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jeer at,
- jeering,
- jest,
- jibe,
- jive,
- joke,
- josh,
- joshing,
- kid,
- kid around,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- lack of respect,
- lampoon,
- laugh at,
- laugh to scorn,
- look down upon,
- lout,
- make a funny,
- make bold,
- make free with,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- make game of,
- make merry with,
- mimic,
- misprize,
- mock,
- mockery,
- mocking,
- not respect,
- pan,
- parody,
- persiflage,
- pillory,
- play on words,
- pleasantry,
- point at,
- poke fun at,
- presume,
- pun,
- put down,
- put one on,
- quip,
- quiz,
- rag,
- raillery,
- rally,
- rallying,
- rank low,
- razz,
- razzing,
- rib,
- ribbing,
- ride,
- roast,
- rudeness,
- scintillate,
- scoff,
- scoff at,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- scout,
- send up,
- set at naught,
- show disrespect for,
- smile at,
- sneer,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- snicker at,
- sniff at,
- sniffiness,
- snigger at,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snort at,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- sparkle,
- sport,
- superciliousness,
- take a liberty,
- take liberties,
- take liberties with,
- taunt,
- taunting,
- tease,
- think nothing of,
- toploftiness,
- travesty,
- treat with disrespect,
- trifle with,
- twit,
- utter a mot,
- wisecrack
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