blandish, flatter

denigrate, demean, disparage, marginalize, trivialize, humiliate, embarrass, downplay, discredit, demonize, malign, vilify, insinuate, besmirch, underplay, intimidate, impugn, tarnish, confuse, criticize, deride, berate, politicize, misunderstand, badmouth, sully, demoralize, glorify, harass, embarass, undermine, dehumanize, sensationalize, castigate, deify, crucify, defame, chastise, misconstrue, poke fun, underrate, misinterpret, browbeat, mislead, deprecate, distract, eulogise, exaggerate, dignify, misinform, annoy, ridiculing, mythologise, portray, scandalize, enlighten, lambast, lionise, exalt, incite, diminish, intellectualize, dehumanise, refute, moralize, disrespects, frighten, outdo, smear, mocking, emasculate, scandalise, persecute, ignore, aggrandize, offend, dishearten, misquote, satirize, overrate, ingratiate, pretend, naysay, delude, insult, emulate, taunt, misguide, usurp, humanize, traduce, slighting, cheapen, undersell, impute, ostracise, chide, humanise, communalise, obfuscate, overemphasise, lambaste

depreciate, derogate, disgrace, minimize, pan, talk down, tear apart, trash

denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, minimize, talk down

criticise, decrease, find fault with, lessen, minify, pick apart, pick at