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单词 put someone down
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to belittle or humiliate
Her piano teacher was forever putting her down.
Synonyms
humiliate
His teacher continually humiliates him in maths lessons.
shame
Her son's behaviour had humiliated and shamed her.
crush
Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.
show up
reject
dismiss
condemn
Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
slight
They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
flame (informal)
criticize
His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children.
snub
He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot.
have a go at (informal)
deflate
Her comments deflated him a bit.
denigrate
We habitually denigrated our boss in his absence.
belittle
We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement.
disparage
his tendency to disparage literature
deprecate
They deprecate him and call him names.
mortify
His dancing always mortified his friends.
diss (slang)
See put

Additional synonyms

in the sense of belittle
Definition
to treat (something or someone) as having little value or importance
We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement.
Synonyms
run down,
dismiss,
diminish,
put down,
underestimate,
discredit,
ridicule,
scorn,
rubbish (informal),
degrade,
minimize,
downgrade,
undervalue,
knock (informal),
deride,
malign,
detract from,
denigrate,
scoff at,
disparage,
decry,
sneer at,
underrate,
deprecate,
depreciate,
defame,
derogate
in the sense of condemn
Definition
to express strong disapproval of
Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
Synonyms
denounce,
damn,
criticize,
disapprove,
censure,
diss (slang),
reprove,
upbraid,
reprobate,
excoriate (literary),
reprehend,
blame,
flame (informal)
in the sense of criticize
Definition
to find fault with
His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children.
Synonyms
find fault with,
censure,
disapprove of,
knock (informal),
blast,
pan (informal),
condemn,
slam (slang),
flame (informal),
carp,
put down,
slate (informal),
have a go (at) (informal),
throw shade (at) (slang),
disparage,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
nag at,
lambast(e),
roast (informal),
pick holes in,
excoriate (literary),
pick to pieces,
give (someone or something) a bad press,
animadvert on or upon,
pass strictures upon,
nit-pick (informal)

Nearby words of
put someone down

  • put or set someone's mind at rest
  • put out feelers
  • put someone away
  • put someone down
  • put someone down as something or someone
  • put someone in mind of something or someone
  • put someone in the picture

Related terms of
put someone down

  • put someone down as something or someone

Synonyms of 'put someone down'

put someone down

Additional synonyms

in the sense of crush
Definition
to defeat or humiliate utterly
Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it.
Synonyms
demoralize,
depress,
devastate,
discourage,
humble,
put down (slang),
humiliate,
squash,
flatten (informal),
deflate,
mortify,
psych out (informal),
dishearten,
dispirit,
deject,
chagrin,
browbeat
in the sense of deflate
Definition
to take away the self-esteem or conceit from
Her comments deflated him a bit.
Synonyms
humiliate,
humble,
squash,
put down (slang),
disconcert,
chasten,
mortify,
dispirit,
take the wind out of (someone's) sails
in the sense of denigrate
Definition
to criticize (someone or something) unfairly
We habitually denigrated our boss in his absence.
Synonyms
disparage,
run down,
slag (off) (slang),
knock (informal),
rubbish (informal),
blacken,
malign,
belittle,
decry,
revile,
vilify,
slander,
defame,
bad-mouth (slang),
besmirch,
impugn,
calumniate,
asperse
in the sense of deprecate
Definition
to express disapproval of
They deprecate him and call him names.
Synonyms
disparage,
criticize,
run down,
discredit,
scorn,
deride,
detract,
malign,
denigrate,
belittle,
vilify,
knock (informal),
diss (slang),
throw shade (at) (slang),
bad-mouth (slang),
lambast(e),
flame (informal)
in the sense of disparage
Definition
to speak contemptuously of
his tendency to disparage literature
Synonyms
run down,
dismiss,
put down,
criticize,
underestimate,
discredit,
ridicule,
scorn,
minimize,
disdain,
undervalue,
deride,
slag (off) (slang),
knock (informal),
blast,
flame (informal),
rubbish (informal),
malign,
detract from,
denigrate,
belittle,
decry,
underrate,
vilify,
slander,
deprecate,
tear into (informal),
diss (slang),
throw shade (at) (slang),
defame,
bad-mouth (slang),
lambast(e),
traduce (formal),
derogate,
asperse
in the sense of mortify
Definition
to make someone feel ashamed or embarrassed
His dancing always mortified his friends.
Synonyms
humiliate,
disappoint,
embarrass,
shame,
crush,
annoy,
humble,
put someone down,
deflate,
vex,
affront,
displease,
chagrin,
discomfit,
abase,
put someone to shame,
take someone down a peg (informal),
abash,
make someone eat humble pie (informal)
in the sense of shame
Definition
to cause to feel shame
Her son's behaviour had humiliated and shamed her.
Synonyms
embarrass,
disgrace,
humiliate,
humble,
disconcert,
mortify,
take (someone) down a peg (informal),
abash
in the sense of slight
Definition
to insult (someone) by behaving rudely
They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.
Synonyms
snub,
insult,
ignore,
rebuff,
affront,
neglect,
put down,
despise,
scorn,
disdain,
disparage,
cold-shoulder,
treat with contempt,
show disrespect for,
give offence or umbrage to
in the sense of snub
Definition
to insult (someone) deliberately
He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot.
Synonyms
insult,
slight,
put down,
humiliate,
cut (informal),
shame,
humble,
rebuff,
mortify,
cold-shoulder,
blank (informal),
kick in the teeth (slang),
give (someone) the cold shoulder,
give (someone) the brush-off (slang),
cut dead (informal)
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