All be-little synonyms

verb be-little

• micrify — to make small or insignificant.
• rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
• hoot — to cry out or shout, especially in disapproval or derision.
• jeer — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
• lampoon — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• make fun of — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
• mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• scoff — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
• taunt — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
• make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
• make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
• put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• bad-mouth — If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
• put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• run down — melted or liquefied: run butter.
• sour grapes — bitterness about sth unattainable
• take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• write off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
• cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
• dispraise — to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
• dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
• brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
• shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
• snub — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
• poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
• convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
• debunk — If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• highlight — to emphasize or make prominent.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• let down — British. a lease.
• pinpoint — the point of a pin.
• undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
• unmask — to strip a mask or disguise from.
• worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
• uncloak — to remove the cloak from.
• unshroud — to divest of a shroud or something that shrouds or hides: to unshroud a corpse; to unshroud a mystery.
• cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
• pick on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
• blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
• do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
• rag on — to scold.
• rip up — tear to pieces
• swear at — use bad language towards, curse at