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  • 121put down — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abase, abasement, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, affront, annihilate, ante, ante up, apply to, ascribe to, aspersion, asphyxiate, assign to, atrocity, attach to, attribute to …

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  • 122ridicule — Synonyms and 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,… …

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  • 123run down — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, ausgespielt, battered, beat up, beaten up, belittle, blow, break down, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, broken down, burn out, burned out, cachectic, calm, calm down, cease, collapse, collide,… …

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  • 124blame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. criticism, censure; culpability, guilt. v. t. charge, reproach, condemn. See accusation, disapprobation, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Censure] Syn. disapproval, condemnation, reprehension,… …

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  • 125depreciate — 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,… …

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  • 126detraction — 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 …

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  • 127upbraid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reprove, chide, admonish, rebuke, reprimand, scold; accuse, charge, revile. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reproach, scold, vituperate, condemn, denounce, lecture, chide, reprehend,… …

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  • 128disparagement — n. 1. Depreciation, derogation, detraction, undervaluing, underrating. 2. Lessening, diminution, detraction, derogation, impairment, injury, worsening, prejudice, harm. 3. Reproach, aspersion, defamation, calumny, vilification. 4. Reproach,… …

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