misprize
101underrate — v. a. Undervalue, misprize, underestimate, rate below the true value, rate too low, underprize …
102undervalue — v. a. 1. Underrate, misprize, rate below the true value, rate too low. 2. Despise, depreciate, esteem lightly, hold in low estimation …
103belittle — verb Mr. Reese had been warned on two previous occasions to stop belittling his students Syn: disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, trivialize, minimize, make light of, pooh pooh, treat lightly, scoff at,… …
104belittle — v 1. disparage, decry, deprecate, demean, detract, deflate, derogate, Inf. talk down; mitigate, bate, lessen, attenuate, decrease, diminish, boil down, wither, shrivel, subtract from, cheapen, devaluate, depreciate, downgrade, degrade, lower,… …
105cheapen — v 1. lower, depreciate, drop in cost or value, reduce, discount, slash, cut, mark down, mark for clearance, Inf. budget price; debase, adulterate, pollute, prostitute, demean. 2. belittle, humiliate, mortify, shame, disgrace, discredit; slight,… …
106contemn — v 1. disdain, scorn, despise, misprize, show contempt for, view with contempt, hold in contempt, snap one s fingers at, turn up one s nose at, spurn, slight, snub, shun. 2. deprecate, vituperate, disparage, reproach, censure, decry, condemn,… …
107decry — v 1. detract, disparage, demean, deprecate, belittle, deflate, depreciate, devaluate, damn with faint praise, Inf. talk down; discredit, disfavor, make disreputable, injure or impair the credit or reputation of; criticize, dispraise, cut up,… …
108derogate — v 1. discredit, disfavor, make disreputable, injure or impair the credit or reputation of; censure, reproach, inveigh against; reduce, lower, degrade, downgrade, debase, abase, vitiate; shame, disgrace, dishonor; humiliate, humble, mortify, Sl.… …
109despise — v 1. scorn, disdain, contemn, spurn, misprize; show contempt for, scout, flout, consider beneath oneself, look down on or upon, look down the nose at, have a low opinion of; deride, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, mock, ridicule, laugh at; slight,… …
110disdain — v 1. scorn, contemn, hold in contempt, revile; misprize, consider beneath oneself, spurn, spit upon, curl one s lip at; despise, hate, detest, loathe, abhor; reproach, deprecate, disparage; deride, ridicule, laugh at, poke fun at, make fun of. 2 …
