All put down synonyms
put down
P p verb put down
- condemn β If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- cancel out β If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- call down β to request or invoke
- blow off β If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- cut rate β a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- logging β a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
- quell β to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- get the upper hand β gain advantage
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- curl one's lip β to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- knock down β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- boxed in β simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- decry β If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- authored β a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- deviled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- bang out β If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- forfend β to defend, secure, or protect.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- minimize β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- humble β not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- bad mouth β Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- ghosting β the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- note β a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- debase β To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- disses β to show disrespect for; affront.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- make light of β of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
- countercheck β a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- bemean β to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- comp β Comp is short for compensation.
- burke β Edmund. 1729β97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- euthanize β Put (a living being, especially a dog or cat ) to death humanely.
noun put down
- brickbat β Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.