Diminish
Diminish verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Usage example: tends to diminish any rival's accomplishments with snide remarks
Talk down and diminish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Talk down" instead a verb "Diminish".
Nearby Words: diminution, diminishing
Talk down
Talk down verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Usage example: a company that prefers to talk up its own products rather than talk down those of its competitors
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- discount and diminish
- discount and talk down
- moderate and diminish
- moderate and talk down
- lessen and diminish
- lessen and talk down
- reduce and diminish
- reduce and talk down
- decrease and diminish
- decrease and talk down
- shrink and diminish
- shrink and talk down
- depreciate and diminish
- depreciate and talk down
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