All pan synonyms
pan
P p verb pan
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- criticise β criticize
- dooming β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- fluffed β Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- miniaturized β Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- frizzed β the state of being frizzed.
- crucify β If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- cry down β to belittle; disparage
- benching β a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- declass β to lower in social status or position; degrade
- hazed β an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
- find fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- bludgeoning β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- frizzing β the state of being frizzed.
- make a fool of β To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
- muckraking β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- bad-mouth β If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
- cut to the quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- cudgeled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- nixing β nothing.
- denunciated β Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
- cartooning β a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- frizzled β Simple past tense and past participle of frizzle.
- degrade β Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
- minimise β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- frizzle β a short, crisp curl.
- maul β a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- fluffing β light, downy particles, as of cotton.
- disbar β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- belittle β If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- demean β If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
- miniaturize β to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
noun pan
- disparager β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- book review β a description and analysis of a new book
- aristarch β a severe critic.
- dustpan β a short-handled shovellike utensil into which dust is swept for removal.
- zapper β to kill or shoot.
- canister β A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- flak β antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- censor β If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
- niggler β to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
- disapprover β One who disapproves.
- blamers β to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
- writeup β Alternative spelling of write-up.
- criticism β the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc