take down (v)
degrade (v)
disgrace (v)
demean (v)
put down (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 37
def reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
examples She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Derivationally related form put down → put-down
Derivationally related form degrade → degradation
Derivationally related form degrade → degradation
Derivationally related form take down → takedown
Hyponym reduce; dehumanize, dehumanise
Incoming links
Derivationally related form degradation → degrade
Derivationally related form takedown → take down
Derivationally related form put-down → put down
Derivationally related form degradation → degrade
Also see put → put down
Hyponym humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Hypernym reduce; dehumanize, dehumanise

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