belittle, demean, disparage, demonize, vilify, marginalize, besmirch, discredit, impugn, malign, castigate, insinuate, deride, criticize, deify, humiliate, glorify, defame, embarrass, tarnish, sully, dehumanise, smear, trivialize, exalt, badmouth, dehumanize, pander, oppress, politicize, dignify, moralize, demonizing, misinform, undermine, distort, disrespects, lambast, ghettoize, downplay, scandalize, eulogise, embarass, intimidate, satirise, extol, demoralize, crucify, perpetuate, satirize, persecute, confuse, sensationalize, debase, scandalise, lionize, subvert, traduce, bastardise, excoriate, offend, usurp, refute, espouse, mythologize, incite, insult, portray, emasculate, ridiculing, ingratiate, proselytise, berate, slighting, lambaste, obfuscate, cheapen, laud, sermonise, stigmatize, despise, blacken, lionise, subjugate, bastardize, poke fun, misconstrue, mythologise, mislead, mischaracterize, blackball, ostracise, denounce, desecrate, misunderstand, devalue, chastise, deprecate, gainsay, misinterpret, blaspheme, condemn

drag through the mud, libel, talk down

accuse, charge, find fault with, pick at

asperse, calumniate, derogate, minimize, slander, smirch