All put down synonyms
put down
P p verb put down
- disbar β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- belittle β If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- hoovered β to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- miniaturize β to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- heave ho β an act or effort of heaving.
- disrespect β Lack of respect or courtesy.
- badmouth β (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- martyred β a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- hold off 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.
- dis β lady; woman.
- muck up β a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- give a hard time β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- disciplining β Present participle of discipline.
- caricatured β Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- duelling β a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- denunciating β present participle of denunciate.
- dueling β Present participle of duel.
- hoovering β to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- disciplined β having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- disfavored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- oppress β to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- jeer β to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- make little of β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- inventoried β a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- level off β a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- disdain β to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- logged β a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- indispose β to make ill, especially slightly.
- hazing 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.
- mortify β to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- beat off β to drive back; repel
- deprecate β If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- martyring β a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- misprize β to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
- disbarred β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- heave-ho β an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
- disrespected β lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- chow down β If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- frown on β to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
noun put down
- criticism β the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
adj put down
- insolent β boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.