put-down

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noun

ˈpu̇t-ˌdau̇n

Synonyms of put-down next

: an act or instance of putting down

especially : a humiliating remark

put down

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verb

put down; putting down; puts down

transitive verb

: to bring to an end : stop

put down a riot

: depose, degrade

: disparage, belittle

mentioned his poetry only to put it down

: disapprove, criticize

was put down for the way she dressed

: humiliate, squelch

put him down with a sharp retort

: to make ineffective : check

put down the gossip

: to do away with (an injured, sick, or aged animal) : destroy

: to put in writing

: to enter in a list

: to place in a category

I put him down as a hypochondriac—

O. S. J. Gogarty

: attribute

put it down to inexperience

: to pack or preserve for future use

: consume

putting down helping after helping—

Carson McCullers

Phrases

put down roots

: to establish a permanent residence

Examples of put-down in a Sentence

Noun new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me Verb he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism we had the whole agreement put down on paper

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Noun

There is no end of put-downs that attach to the job of vice president, a position that’s widely treated as irrelevant when its occupant is not ignored altogether. —

Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024 The result is a book laden with put-downs of the English working class, who are cast in eugenicist terms as a degenerate race. —

Lennard J. Davis, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024

Verb

With two young daughters at home, he’s put down roots in Chicago, having signed a two-year contract over the summer. —

Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024 In 1982, the elder Assad launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre that killed thousands to put down anti-government protests led by the Muslim Brotherhood. —

Chad De Guzman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for put-down