Related Words:
- mortification
collapse - (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) related words >
- Albigensianism,
- Catharism,
- Day of Atonement,
- Franciscanism,
- Sabbatarianism,
- Trappism,
- Waldensianism,
- Yoga,
- Yom Kippur,
- abasement,
- abashment,
- abstinence,
- anchoritic monasticism,
- anchoritism,
- asceticism,
- austerity,
- awkwardness,
- caries,
- carrion,
- chagrin,
- cold purgatorial fires,
- comedown,
- confusion,
- debasement,
- decay,
- decomposition,
- deflation,
- descent,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- discountenance,
- disgrace,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dry gangrene,
- dry rot,
- dump,
- embarrassment,
- eremitism,
- fasting,
- flagellation,
- foulness,
- gangrene,
- gas gangrene,
- hair shirt,
- hangdog look,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- letdown,
- lustration,
- maceration,
- mendicantism,
- moist gangrene,
- monachism,
- monasticism,
- necrosis,
- necrotic tissue,
- noma,
- penance,
- penitence,
- penitential act,
- penitential exercise,
- purgation,
- purgatory,
- puritanism,
- put-down,
- putrefaction,
- putrescence,
- putridity,
- putridness,
- rancidity,
- rancidness,
- rankness,
- repentance,
- rigor,
- rot,
- rottenness,
- sackcloth and ashes,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-denial,
- self-diminishment,
- self-mortification,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slough,
- sphacelation,
- sphacelus,
- spoilage,
- tooth decay,
- voluntary poverty
- abasement,
- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- arrest,
- assuagement,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- blunting,
- buffet,
- calming,
- check,
- comedown,
- cruel disappointment,
- damping,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- deadening,
- debasement,
- deceleration,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- delay,
- demulsion,
- descent,
- detention,
- diminution,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disgrace,
- disillusionment,
- dissatisfaction,
- drag,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dump,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- easing,
- embarrassment,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- falling-off,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- hangdog look,
- holdup,
- hope deferred,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- hushing,
- lag,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- minus acceleration,
- mirage,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- mortification,
- obstruction,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- put-down,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setback,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowup,
- softening,
- soothing,
- sore disappointment,
- subduement,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- tempering,
- tranquilization
- insult
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- a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" related words >
- abase,
- abuse,
- affront,
- airs,
- arrogance,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- barb,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- brickbat,
- call names,
- care nothing for,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- cut,
- debase,
- defamation,
- defame,
- degrade,
- deride,
- despise,
- despite,
- dig,
- discourtesy,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disoblige,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- disprize,
- dump,
- dump on,
- enormity,
- exclusiveness,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- fleer,
- fleer at,
- flout,
- flouting,
- gibe,
- gibe at,
- gird,
- give offense to,
- hauteur,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- hurl a brickbat,
- ignominy,
- indignity,
- injure,
- injury,
- insolence,
- invective,
- jeer,
- jeer at,
- jeering,
- jibe at,
- libel,
- look down upon,
- misprize,
- mock,
- mockery,
- obloquy,
- offend,
- offense,
- opprobrium,
- outrage,
- put down,
- put-down,
- rank low,
- ridicule,
- rump,
- scoff,
- scoff at,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- scurrility,
- set at naught,
- shame,
- slander,
- slap,
- slight,
- slur,
- sneer,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- sniffiness,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snort at,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- superciliousness,
- taunt,
- think nothing of,
- toploftiness,
- treat with indignity,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- vituperation
- abomination
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- an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
- a person who is loathsome or disgusting related words >
- Anglophobia,
- Russophobia,
- abhorrence,
- allergy,
- anathema,
- annoyance,
- antagonism,
- anti-Semitism,
- antipathy,
- atrocity,
- aversion,
- bad,
- bane,
- befoulment,
- besmirchment,
- bete noire,
- bigotry,
- blight,
- bogey,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- cold sweat,
- contamination,
- contempt,
- corruption,
- creeping flesh,
- crying evil,
- damage,
- defilement,
- desecration,
- despite,
- despitefulness,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- detestation,
- detriment,
- dirtying,
- disdain,
- disfavor,
- disgrace,
- disgust,
- dislike,
- disrelish,
- distaste,
- enmity,
- error,
- evil,
- execration,
- grievance,
- harm,
- hate,
- hatred,
- havoc,
- horror,
- hostility,
- hurt,
- ignominy,
- ill,
- incubus,
- infamy,
- infection,
- iniquity,
- injury,
- knavery,
- loathing,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignity,
- misandry,
- misanthropy,
- mischief,
- misogyny,
- mortal horror,
- nausea,
- obliquity,
- odium,
- outrage,
- peccancy,
- peeve,
- pest,
- pet peeve,
- phobia,
- pity,
- plague,
- poison,
- pollution,
- profanation,
- race hatred,
- racism,
- reprobacy,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- revulsion,
- ritual uncleanness,
- sacrilege,
- scandal,
- scorn,
- shame,
- shuddering,
- sin,
- soiling,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- terrible thing,
- the worst,
- toxin,
- trial,
- venom,
- vexation,
- vials of hate,
- vials of wrath,
- villainy,
- violation,
- woe,
- wrong,
- xenophobia
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apophthegm,
- apothegm,
- appellation,
- appellative,
- axiom,
- binomen,
- binomial name,
- burning shame,
- butt,
- byname,
- byword of reproach,
- catch phrase,
- catchword,
- cliche,
- cognomen,
- collected sayings,
- cry,
- cryptonym,
- current saying,
- denomination,
- derision,
- designation,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- dirty shame,
- disgrace,
- distich,
- dupe,
- empty title,
- epigram,
- epithet,
- eponym,
- euonym,
- expression,
- fad word,
- fair game,
- figure of fun,
- fool,
- game,
- gazingstock,
- gnome,
- goat,
- golden saying,
- handle,
- honorific,
- humiliation,
- hyponym,
- jest,
- jestingstock,
- joke,
- label,
- laughingstock,
- low-down dirty shame,
- maxim,
- mockery,
- moniker,
- monkey,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- name,
- namesake,
- nomen,
- nomen nudum,
- oracle,
- parable,
- pet expression,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proper name,
- proper noun,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- reproach,
- saw,
- saying,
- scandal,
- scientific name,
- secret name,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- shame,
- shibboleth,
- slogan,
- sloka,
- sobriquet,
- stock,
- stock saying,
- style,
- sutra,
- tag,
- target,
- tautonym,
- teaching,
- text,
- title,
- toy,
- trinomen,
- trinomial name,
- verse,
- victim,
- vogue word,
- watchword,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- sin
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- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
- estrangement from god
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
- commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" related words >
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- abomination,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- breach,
- commit sin,
- crime,
- crime against humanity,
- criminal tendency,
- criminality,
- criminosis,
- deadly sin,
- debt,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- delinquency,
- delusion,
- demerit,
- dereliction,
- deviancy,
- diablerie,
- disgrace,
- distortion,
- do amiss,
- do wrong,
- enormity,
- err,
- errancy,
- erroneousness,
- error,
- evil,
- evil courses,
- evildoing,
- failure,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- feloniousness,
- felony,
- flaw,
- flawedness,
- genocide,
- guilty act,
- hamartia,
- heavy sin,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- illusion,
- impropriety,
- indiscretion,
- inexpiable sin,
- infamy,
- iniquity,
- injury,
- injustice,
- knavery,
- lapse,
- lawbreaking,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- malum,
- malversation,
- minor wrong,
- misapplication,
- misconduct,
- misconstruction,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misdoing,
- misfeasance,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misprision,
- misprision of treason,
- mortal sin,
- nonfeasance,
- obliquity,
- offend,
- offense,
- omission,
- outrage,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- perversion,
- positive misprision,
- reprobacy,
- scandal,
- self-contradiction,
- shame,
- shortcoming,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- sinfulness,
- slip,
- thou scarlet sin,
- tort,
- transgress,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trip,
- unorthodoxy,
- untrueness,
- untruth,
- untruthfulness,
- unutterable sin,
- venial sin,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- villainy,
- wickedness,
- wrong,
- wrong conduct,
- wrongdoing,
- wrongness
- bring down
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- cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house" related words >
- abase,
- abash,
- acquire,
- be responsible for,
- beat down,
- belittle,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- blow to pieces,
- blow up,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- brain,
- break down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring on,
- bring upon,
- bulldog,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- burn to death,
- cast down,
- chop down,
- contract,
- crush,
- cry down,
- cut down,
- cut to pieces,
- dash down,
- deal a deathblow,
- debase,
- deck,
- decry,
- degrade,
- demean,
- depreciate,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disintegrate,
- disparage,
- down,
- drop,
- dump,
- dump on,
- fall in with,
- fall into,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- flatten,
- floor,
- frag,
- gain,
- get,
- give the quietus,
- ground,
- gun down,
- hew down,
- hold in contempt,
- incinerate,
- incur,
- invite,
- jugulate,
- knock,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- lapidate,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- lower,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- mow down,
- pistol,
- poleax,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- put down,
- rase,
- raze,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- riddle,
- run,
- run down,
- send headlong,
- set down,
- shoot,
- shoot down,
- shoot to death,
- shotgun,
- silence,
- slight,
- smash,
- speak ill of,
- spread-eagle,
- stab to death,
- steamroller,
- stone,
- stone to death,
- strike dead,
- submit to indignity,
- supinate,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- topple,
- trip,
- trip up,
- tumble,
- vaporize,
- welcome,
- whack down
- disfavor
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- an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
- the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king" related words >
- abhor,
- alienation,
- aversion,
- bad books,
- bad character,
- bad name,
- bad odor,
- bad report,
- bad reputation,
- bad repute,
- ban,
- be hostile to,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- breach,
- breach of friendship,
- break,
- categorically reject,
- cleavage,
- cleft,
- complaint,
- deprecate,
- dim view,
- disaffection,
- disaffinity,
- disagreement,
- disallow,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disapprove,
- disapprove of,
- discommend,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- discountenance,
- discredit,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disgrace,
- disgruntlement,
- dishonor,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- disinclination,
- dislike,
- disliking,
- displeasure,
- disrelish,
- disrepute,
- disrespect,
- disruption,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- dissent from,
- distaste,
- distrust,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- dividedness,
- division,
- estrangement,
- evil repute,
- exclude,
- exclusion,
- falling-out,
- frown,
- frown at,
- frown down,
- frown upon,
- grimace at,
- hate,
- ignominy,
- ill fame,
- ill repute,
- ill-favor,
- indignation,
- indisposition,
- infamy,
- loathe,
- look askance at,
- look black upon,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- mislike,
- mistrust,
- not approve,
- not care for,
- not go for,
- not hear of,
- not hold with,
- object,
- object to,
- objection,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- open rupture,
- oppose,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- opprobrium,
- ostracism,
- ostracize,
- poor reputation,
- protest,
- public dishonor,
- recall of ambassadors,
- reject,
- rejection,
- rift,
- rupture,
- say no to,
- schism,
- separation,
- shady reputation,
- split,
- take exception to,
- think ill of,
- think little of,
- thumb down,
- thumbs-down,
- unhappiness,
- unsavory reputation,
- view with disfavor
- descend
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- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" related words >
- advance,
- alight,
- ascend,
- assault,
- attack,
- back,
- back up,
- bank,
- be shamed,
- budge,
- cant,
- careen,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- change,
- change hands,
- change ownership,
- change place,
- circle,
- climb,
- climb down,
- collapse,
- come down,
- come in,
- condescend,
- crash,
- crash-land,
- decline,
- degenerate,
- deign,
- derogate,
- descend on,
- devolve,
- dip,
- dip down,
- disimprove,
- disintegrate,
- ditch,
- down,
- downwind,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- ebb,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall down,
- fall into disrepute,
- fall off,
- flow,
- get down,
- get over,
- go,
- go around,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- go uphill,
- grade,
- gravitate,
- gyrate,
- head,
- incline,
- incur discredit,
- incur disesteem,
- incur disgrace,
- invade,
- keel,
- land,
- lead,
- lean,
- level off,
- light,
- list,
- lose altitude,
- lose caste,
- lose countenance,
- lose credit,
- lose face,
- lower,
- lower oneself,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- overshoot,
- pancake,
- parachute,
- pass on,
- pitch,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- point,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- pour down,
- precipitate,
- progress,
- rain,
- rake,
- regress,
- retreat,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- rise,
- rot,
- rotate,
- run,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shelve,
- shift,
- sidle,
- sink,
- slant,
- slope,
- soar,
- spin,
- stir,
- stoop,
- stream,
- subside,
- succeed,
- swag,
- sway,
- swoop,
- swoop down on,
- swoop down upon,
- talk down,
- tend,
- tend to go,
- tilt,
- tip,
- touch down,
- travel,
- trend downward,
- uprise,
- upwind,
- vouchsafe,
- wane,
- whirl,
- worsen
- pillory
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- a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- punish by putting in a pillory
- expose to ridicule or public scorn related words >
- Oregon boat,
- attaint,
- bespatter,
- bilbo,
- blacken,
- blot,
- blow upon,
- bond,
- bonds,
- brand,
- branks,
- bridle,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- bring to account,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- camisole,
- cast reproach upon,
- castigate,
- censure,
- chains,
- chasten,
- chastise,
- collar,
- correct,
- crank,
- cucking stool,
- cuffs,
- deal with,
- debase,
- defame,
- defile,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- deplume,
- deride,
- disapprove,
- discipline,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- displume,
- ducking stool,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- fetter,
- finger pillory,
- gag,
- gibbet,
- grin at,
- gyves,
- halter,
- hamper,
- handcuffs,
- hang in effigy,
- hobbles,
- hold in derision,
- hopples,
- humiliate,
- impute shame to,
- inflict upon,
- irons,
- laugh at,
- laugh to scorn,
- leading strings,
- leash,
- make fun of,
- make game of,
- make merry with,
- manacle,
- masthead,
- muzzle,
- pan,
- penalize,
- point at,
- poke fun at,
- punish,
- put one on,
- put to shame,
- rag,
- razz,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reins,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- restraint,
- restraints,
- ride,
- ridicule,
- roast,
- settle with,
- shackle,
- shame,
- slur,
- smear,
- smile at,
- snicker at,
- snigger at,
- soil,
- square accounts,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- stocks,
- straightjacket,
- strait-waistcoat,
- straitjacket,
- stranglehold,
- sully,
- taint,
- take to task,
- tarnish,
- tether,
- trammel,
- trammels,
- treadmill,
- trebuchet,
- triangle,
- triangles,
- unfrock,
- vilify,
- visit upon,
- whipping post,
- wooden horse,
- yoke
- degrade
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- lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
- reduce the level of land, as by erosion related words >
- abase,
- abash,
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- belittle,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- canker,
- cashier,
- cast down,
- cast reproach upon,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- crush,
- cry down,
- debase,
- debauch,
- decry,
- defile,
- deflower,
- defrock,
- degenerate,
- demean,
- demerit,
- demote,
- denature,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprave,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- deprive,
- derogate,
- derogate from,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- detract,
- detract from,
- devalue,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disapprove of,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discredit,
- disemploy,
- disenfranchise,
- disfranchise,
- disgrace,
- disgrade,
- dishonor,
- dismiss,
- disparage,
- displace,
- displume,
- distort,
- downgrade,
- drum out,
- dump,
- dump on,
- expel,
- fire,
- furlough,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- hold in contempt,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- impute shame to,
- infect,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- knock,
- lay off,
- lessen,
- let go,
- let out,
- lower,
- make little of,
- make redundant,
- minimize,
- misuse,
- mortify,
- pension off,
- pervert,
- pillory,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prostitute,
- put down,
- put to shame,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- read out of,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- release,
- remove,
- replace,
- reproach,
- retire,
- rule out,
- run down,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- set down,
- shame,
- sink,
- slight,
- speak ill of,
- strip,
- strip of rank,
- submit to indignity,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- taint,
- take down,
- thin,
- trip up,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- unfrock,
- unseat,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- water down,
- weaken
- abasement,
- abomination,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- belittle,
- belittling,
- besmirch,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blemish,
- blot,
- brand,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- burning shame,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- cast reproach upon,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- cry down,
- debase,
- debasement,
- debasing,
- decrial,
- decry,
- defame,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- defrock,
- degradation,
- degrade,
- deplume,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- derogate from,
- derogation,
- descent,
- desecration,
- detract from,
- detraction,
- dirty shame,
- disapproval,
- disapprove of,
- discredit,
- discrediting,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- displume,
- disrepute,
- dump,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- error,
- evil,
- faint praise,
- hangdog look,
- harm,
- hold in contempt,
- humble,
- humbled pride,
- humbling,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- impute shame to,
- indignity,
- infamy,
- iniquity,
- knavery,
- knock,
- knocking,
- let down,
- letdown,
- low-down dirty shame,
- lukewarm support,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- minimizing,
- mortification,
- mortify,
- obliquity,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- opprobrium,
- pity,
- profanation,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to shame,
- put-down,
- putting down,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reproach,
- reprobacy,
- run down,
- sacrilege,
- scandal,
- scandalize,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- sin,
- slight,
- slighting,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- sour grapes,
- speak ill of,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- submit to indignity,
- sully,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- terrible thing,
- unfrock,
- vilification,
- vilify,
- villainy,
- violation,
- vitiate,
- vitiation,
- wrong
- 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
- tarnish
collapse
- discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" related words >
- achromatize,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bedaub,
- befoul,
- begrime,
- benasty,
- bend sinister,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- besoil,
- bespatter,
- bestain,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blanch,
- bleach,
- blemish,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blow upon,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- call names,
- calumniate,
- censure,
- champain,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- dab,
- damage,
- darken,
- daub,
- debase,
- decolor,
- decolorize,
- defame,
- defile,
- degrade,
- denigrate,
- dim,
- dirty,
- disapprove,
- discolor,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- drain,
- drain of color,
- dull,
- embarrass,
- engage in personalities,
- etiolate,
- expose,
- expose to infamy,
- eyesore,
- fade,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- foul,
- fume,
- gibbet,
- grime,
- hang in effigy,
- harm,
- heap dirt upon,
- hurt,
- impair,
- imputation,
- infect,
- injure,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- mar,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- mess,
- mess up,
- muckrake,
- muddy,
- nasty,
- onus,
- pale,
- patch,
- peroxide,
- pillory,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- revile,
- ruin,
- scorch,
- sear,
- singe,
- slander,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smooch,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soil,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spoil,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- sully,
- taint,
- tar,
- throw mud at,
- tone down,
- vilify,
- vitiate,
- wash out,
- whiten
- debase
collapse
- lower in value by increasing the base-metal content related words >
- abase,
- abash,
- abuse,
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- bastardize,
- bear down,
- befoul,
- belittle,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- brutalize,
- bump,
- bust,
- canker,
- cast down,
- cast reproach upon,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- commercialize,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- convert,
- corrupt,
- couch,
- cripple,
- crush,
- cry down,
- cut,
- damage,
- debauch,
- debilitate,
- decry,
- defalcate,
- defile,
- deflower,
- defrock,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- demean,
- demoralize,
- demote,
- denaturalize,
- denature,
- deplume,
- deprave,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- derogate from,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- detract from,
- detrude,
- devalue,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disable,
- disapprove of,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- disgrade,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- displume,
- distort,
- divert,
- doctor,
- doctor up,
- downbear,
- downgrade,
- dump,
- dump on,
- embezzle,
- enfeeble,
- fortify,
- foul,
- harm,
- haul down,
- hold in contempt,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- impair,
- impute shame to,
- indent,
- infect,
- injure,
- knock,
- lace,
- let down,
- load,
- lower,
- make little of,
- maladminister,
- mar,
- minimize,
- misapply,
- misappropriate,
- misemploy,
- mishandle,
- mismanage,
- misuse,
- peculate,
- pervert,
- pilfer,
- pillory,
- poison,
- pollute,
- press down,
- profane,
- prostitute,
- pull down,
- push down,
- put down,
- put to shame,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reproach,
- rot,
- run down,
- sap,
- set down,
- shame,
- sink,
- slight,
- sophisticate,
- speak ill of,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stain,
- strip of rank,
- submit to indignity,
- taint,
- take down,
- tamper with,
- thrust down,
- trip up,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- undermine,
- unfrock,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- water,
- water down,
- weaken,
- weight,
- worsen
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