detract from (?.)
- bedwarf
- belittle
- bring down
- bring into discredit
- bring low
- cry down
- de-emphasize
- debase
- decrease
- decry
- degrade
- depreciate
- derogate
- derogate from
- diminish
- disapprove of
- discount
- discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- dispraise
- downplay
- dwarf
- hold in contempt
- knock
- lessen
- libel
- make little of
- minify
- minimize
- play down
- put down
- reduce
- reflect discredit upon
- run down
- slander
- slight
- speak ill of
- submit to indignity
- underplay
- write off