Antonyms for cut down to size
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuht |
| Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒt |
- admire
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- be proud
- blow up
- boost
- build up
- cherish
- clean
- commend
- compliment
- credit
- develop
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- enhance
- enlarge
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- fail
- fix
- flatter
- grow
- help
- honor
- improve
- increase
- inflate
- laud
- lengthen
- lose
- maximize
- mend
- overestimate
- overrate
- overvalue
- praise
- prolong
- promote
- prove
- purify
- raise
- regard
- release
- respect
- rise
- sanction
- strengthen
- surrender
- upgrade
- uphold
- value
- yield
Definition of cut down to size
Origin :- 1520s, "gash, incision," from cut (v.); meaning "piece cut off" is from 1590s; sense of "a wounding sarcasm" is from 1560s.
- As in minimize : verb make smaller; underrate
- As in bad-mouth : verb to denigrate
- As in shame : verb disgrace, embarrass
- As in belittle : verb detract
- As in debunk : verb disprove, ridicule
- As in deflate : verb humiliate
- As in degrade : verb shame, humiliate
- As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
- As in deprecate : verb belittle, condemn
- As in diminish : verb belittle
- As in humiliate : verb embarrass, put down
Synonyms for cut down to size
- abase
- abash
- abbreviate
- abuse
- attenuate
- bad-mouth
- base
- belittle
- bemean
- bench
- blister
- blot
- break
- bring down
- bring low
- bump
- bust
- canker
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- cheapen
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- contemn
- corrupt
- criticize
- crush
- curtail
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- cut to the quick
- dash
- debase
- debauch
- debunk
- declass
- decrease
- decry
- defile
- deflate
- degenerate
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- demystify
- denigrate
- deny
- depose
- deprave
- deprecate
- depreciate
- depress
- deride
- derogate
- descend
- despise
- deteriorate
- detract
- detract from
- devalue
- diminish
- dis
- disapprove of
- disbar
- discomfit
- discommend
- disconcert
- discount
- discountenance
- discover
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- dispirit
- dispraise
- downgrade
- downplay
- dump on
- dwarf
- expose
- expostulate
- find fault
- frown
- give a black eye
- give comeuppance
- humble
- humiliate
- impair
- injure
- kick in the teeth
- knock
- knock down
- knock off high horse
- lampoon
- lessen
- let down easy
- let wind out of sails
- lower
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- make light of
- make little of
- malign
- miniaturize
- minimize
- mock
- mortify
- mudsling
- not go for
- object
- pan
- pervert
- play down
- pooh pooh
- pooh-pooh
- poor mouth
- poor-mouth
- poormouth
- protest against
- prune
- puncture
- puncture balloon
- put away
- put down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- rap
- reduce
- reproach
- ridicule
- rip
- roast
- rule out
- run down
- scoff at
- scorch
- scorn
- shame
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- show up
- shrink
- sink
- slam
- slander
- smear
- sneer at
- snub
- sour grapes
- squash
- squelch
- stain
- stoop
- subdue
- take a dig at
- take a swipe at
- take dim view of
- take down
- take down a peg
- take exception to
- tear down
- tear to pieces
- uncloak
- underestimate
- underplay
- underrate
- undervalue
- unmask
- unshroud
- vanquish
- vitiate
- weaken
- wither
- write off
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