(v. t.) To criticize, deprecate, disparage\; To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

bedwarf bring down bring into discredit bring low criticize cry down de-emphasize debase decry degrade denigrate deprecate depreciate derogate derogate from detract from diminish disapprove of discount discredit disgrace disparage dispraise downgrade downplay dwarf hold in contempt knock lessen make light of make little of make nothing of minify minimize misestimate misprize mitigate play down pooh-pooh put down reduce reflect discredit upon run down sell short set at naught set little by shrug off slight speak ill of submit to indignity think little of think nothing of trivialize underestimate underplay underprize underrate underreckon undervalue write off