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| Main Entry: |
run down
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | belittle, criticize, decry, defame, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disparage, dispraise, downcry, knock*, make fun of, opprobriate, revile, speak ill of, vilify |
| Antonyms: | praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a scandalous remark |
| Synonyms: | asperse, assail, attack, backbite, bad-mouth, belie, belittle, besmirch, blacken name, blaspheme, blister, blot, calumniate, cast a slur on, curse, damage, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dishonor, disparage, give a bad name, hit*, hurt, injure, libel, malign, muckrake, pan, plaster, revile, roast, run smear campaign, scandalize, scorch, slam*, sling mud, slur, smear, smirch, sneer, strumpet, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify |
| Notes: | libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement' slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation |
| Antonyms: | flatter, glorify, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underestimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | minimize; rate too low |
| Synonyms: | belittle, deprecate, depreciate, disesteem, disparage, make light of, miscalculate, miscarry, not do justice, put down*, sell short, slight, think too little of, underrate, undervalue |
| Antonyms: | exaggerate, maximize, overestimate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | write off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue; forget about |
| Synonyms: | cancel, cross out, decry, depreciate, disregard, downgrade, give up, lower, mark down, shelve, take a loss on, underrate, undervalue |
| Antonyms: | figure |
| Main Entry: | underrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devalue |
| Synonyms: | belittle, depreciate, discount, minimize, underestimate, underprice, underprize, undervalue |
| Antonyms: | exaggerate, overrate |
| Main Entry: | undervalue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle |
| Synonyms: | depreciate, disparage, disregard, downplay, underrate |
| Antonyms: | praise, value |
| Main Entry: | peter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, drain, droop, drop off, drop*, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, rebate, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail away, tail off, taper, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sophisticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, debase, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, load, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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