put-down
1 of 2noun
ˈpu̇t-ˌdau̇n 
: an act or instance of putting down
especially : a humiliating remark
put down
2 of 2verb
put down; putting down; puts down
transitive verb
1
: to bring to an end : stop
put down a riot
2
a
: depose, degrade
b
: disparage, belittle
mentioned his poetry only to put it down
c
: disapprove, criticize
was put down for the way she dressed
d
: humiliate, squelch
put him down with a sharp retort
3
: to make ineffective : check
put down the gossip
4
: to do away with (an injured, sick, or aged animal) : destroy
5
a
: to put in writing
b
: to enter in a list
6
a
: to place in a category
I put him down as a hypochondriac
O. S. J. Gogarty
O. S. J. Gogarty b
: attribute
put it down to inexperience
7
: to pack or preserve for future use
8
: consume
putting down helping after helping Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers
Synonyms
Noun
- affront
- barb
- brickbat
- cut
- dart
- dig
- dis [slang]
- diss
- epithet
- gird
- indignity
- insult
- name
- offense
- offence
- outrage
- personality
- poke
- sarcasm
- slap
- slight
- slur
Verb
- bad-mouth
- belittle
- cry down
- decry
- denigrate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- diminish
- dis [slang]
- diss
- discount
- dismiss
- disparage
- kiss off
- minimize
- play down
- poor-mouth
- run down
- talk down
- trash
- trash-talk
- vilipend
- write off
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Example Sentences
Verb he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism we had the whole agreement put down on paper
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1932, in the meaning defined above
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
put-downs
noun
1
as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- insults
- sarcasms
- offences
- outrages
- barbs
- epithets
- slurs
- indignities
- slights
- affronts
- disses
- slaps
- brickbats
- attacks
- darts
- names
- jibes
- digs
- taunts
- offenses
- personalities
- gibes
- pokes
- sneers
- criticisms
- jeers
- dises
- quips
- cuts
- invectives
- catcalls
- disgraces
- girds
- vituperations
- abuses
- shames
- disapprovals
- mocks
- swipes
- tortures
- torments
- knocks
- dishonors
- opprobriums
- slams
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- compliments
- accolades
- commendations
- praises
- acclaim
- flatteries
- applauses
- adulations
2
as in defamations
the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me Synonyms & Similar Words
- defamations
- criticisms
- denigrations
- condemnations
- disparagements
- abuses
- detractions
- slanders
- depreciations
- vilifications
- calumnies
- derogations
- diminishments
- libels
- deprecations
- ridicules
- invectives
- vituperations
- denunciations
- aspersions
- belittlements
- censures
- denouncements
- derisions
- mockeries
- minimizations
- de-emphases
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- exaltations
- glorifications
- praises
- acclaim
- aggrandizements
- magnifications
- commendations
- approvals
- blessings
- approbations
- ennoblements
- pufferies
- hypes
- hydroxamic acid
- hydroxamino-
- hydroxide
- hydroxides
- hydroximino-
- hydroxo-
- hydroxonium
- hydroxy
- hydroxy acid
- hydroxy amine
- hydroxy ketone
- hydroxyamino-
- hydroxyapatite
- hydroxyapatites
- hydroxybenzenes
- hydroxybutyric acid
- hydroxychloroquine
- hydroxycitronellal
- hydroxydeoxycorticosterone
- hydroxydesoxycorticosterone
- hydroxyethyl
- hydroxyethylation
- hydroxyl
- hydroxyl-herderite
- hydroxylamine