derogate fromsomething
phrasal verbwithderogateverb[T]formaluk/ˈder.ə.ɡeɪt/us/ˈder.ə.ɡeɪt/
(MAKE LESS GOOD)
to make somethingseemless good orimportant
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- minoritize
- never
- on the front burneridiom
- shrugsomethingoff
- skate over/aroundsomething
- sniff atsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- talksomethingdown
- wave
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Deteriorating and making worse
(IGNORE RULES)
to notbehaveaccordingto therulesof anagreement,acceptablebehaviour, etc.
Bad and wrong behaviour
- act out
- angel
- ASB
- astray
- atyourworstidiom
- beup to no goodidiom
- go round
- impossible
- in flagrante
- incorrigible
- incorrigibly
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- rascally
- reprehensible
- villainy
- while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom
- worst
- wrongdoing