Vilipend: alternatives and connections

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To reduce from an inflated condition.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprov…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.