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diminish, belittle
v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate
v. cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
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sum up, summarize, summarise, resume
v. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
deaden, blunt
v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
dull, blunt
v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
numb, benumb, blunt, dull
v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
rationalize, rationalise
v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
shave, knock off
v. cut the price of
thin
v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
rarefy, attenuate
v. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
subside, lessen
v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
discount
v. give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
depreciate
v. lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
v. lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
v. subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
v. laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
deprecate, depreciate, vilipend
v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
v. attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
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