v. 25B6; verb BELITTLE, denigrate, deprecate, play down, trivialize, make light of, undervalue, underrate; ridicule, deride, mock, scorn, scoff at, sneer at; run down, defame, discredit, speak badly of, cast aspersions on, impugn, vilify, traduce, criticize; N. Amer. slur; informal do down, pick holes in, knock, slam, pan, bad-mouth, pooh-pooh; Brit. informal rubbish, slate; formal calumniate, derogate.
praise, overrate.