Synonyms of writing off

writing off

verb

present participle of write off

1

as in dismissing

to express scornfully one's low opinion of

most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• minimizing
• running down
• talking down
• diminishing
• dumping on
• playing down
• crying down
• criticizing
• kissing off
• discounting
• putting down
• denigrating
• disparaging
• belittling
• derogating
• decrying
• vilipending
• depreciating
• deprecating
• denouncing
• poor-mouthing
• disapproving (of)
• condemning
• disliking
• trashing
• trash-talking
• bad-mouthing
• dissing
• scolding
• discommending
• discrediting
• reprehending
• abusing
• aspersing
• maligning
• slandering
• vilifying
• ripping
• censuring
• defaming
• slurring
• disgracing
• reprobating
• traducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• applauding
• approving
• extolling
• magnifying
• endorsing
• recommending
• exalting
• glorifying
• favoring
• indorsing
• sanctioning
• lauding
• acclaiming
• commending
• complimenting
• countenancing
• eulogizing

2

as in reducing

to diminish the price or value of

that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reducing
• writing down
• marking down
• lowering
• depressing
• sinking
• attenuating
• downgrading
• shrinking
• devaluing
• devaluating
• depreciating
• cheapening
• breaking
• demonetizing
• debasing
• underestimating
• undervaluing
• compressing
• underrating
• contracting
• downsizing
• underpricing
• dwindling
• moderating
• lessening
• abridging
• deflating
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• marking up
• enhancing
• upgrading
• blowing up
• appreciating
• bloating
• inflating
• increasing
• adding
• extending
• expanding
• swelling
• overestimating
• multiplying
• maximizing
• raising
• escalating
• augmenting
• enlarging
• boosting
• compounding
• amplifying
• heightening
• dilating
• overrating
• overvaluing
• overpricing
• ballooning
• upping
• aggrandizing