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put·down or put-down (p

doun

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n. Slang

A critical, disparaging, or slighting remark.

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Noun

put-down - a crushing remark

squelch, squelcher, takedown

derision - contemptuous laughter

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

put-down

noun humiliation, slight, snub, knock (informal), dig, sneer, rebuff, barb, sarcasm, kick in the teeth (slang), gibe, disparagement, one in the eye (informal) She was getting very sick of his put-downs.

Translations

put-down [ˈpʊtˌdaʊn] N (= act) → humillación f; (= words) → frase f despectiva

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