1 to belittle

2 to disparage

3 to play down

4 to demean

5 to degrade

6 to devalue

1 to become devaluated

2 to devaluate

3 to depreciate

1 to appraise

2 to pass judgment on

3 to speak ill of

4 praise and censure

5 appraisal

1 to diminish

2 to demote

3 to reduce or devaluate

4 to disparage

5 to censure

6 to depreciate

1 to mock

2 to disparage

3 to belittle

1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)

2 concise and powerful style