puts down
Sets onto surface
Puts down covers several distinct actions.
To put something down is to set it on a surface or release it from your grasp: Put that knife down.
To put down an animal is to euthanize it.
To put down a rebellion is to suppress it.
To put someone down is to criticize or belittle them: She's always putting him down in front of others.
A put-down is such an insult.
To put down money is to make a deposit: We put down twenty percent on the house.
Scornful imitation or fake
- disparageExpress low opinion of
- demeanLower in standing
- diminishTo make smaller
- trivializeMake light of
minimize · patronize · condescend · dismiss · snub · disdain · scoff · deride
Cause social discomfort
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
- disgraceLoss of honor
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
abase · degrade · crush · deflate · demoralize · squash · show up · expose
Suppress or nullify
- quellForcibly end unrest
- crushCompress with force
- squelchForcibly silence or suppress
- subdueBring under control
stamp out · silence · repress · extinguish · smother · stifle · defeat · end
Form text on surface
Express sharp disapproval
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
critique · fault · blame · chastise · scold · admonish · reproach · castigate
Deliberate death for relief
- mercy killingPainless death for suffering
- lethal injectionCapital punishment by needle
- veterinarianDoctor for animals
- humaneMarked by kindness
terminal · suffering · compassion · sedation · peaceful · painless
place
Position or location
lower · rest · position · plop · park · leave · settle · plant · land · unload
mock
Scornful imitation or fake
trivialize · minimize · patronize · condescend · dismiss · snub · disdain · scoff · deride · sneer
embarrass
Cause social discomfort
humble · abase · degrade · crush · deflate · demoralize · squash · show up · expose · ridicule
quash
Suppress or nullify
subdue · stamp out · silence · repress · extinguish · smother · stifle · defeat · end · stop
write
Form text on surface
register · document · enter · inscribe · list · transcribe · chronicle
rebuke
Express sharp disapproval
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
censure · critique · fault · blame · chastise · scold · admonish · reproach · castigate · berate
euthanasia
Deliberate death for relief
- mercy killingPainless death for suffering
- lethal injectionCapital punishment by needle
- veterinarianDoctor for animals
humane · terminal · suffering · compassion · sedation · peaceful · painless
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers