talk down
verb
talked down; talking down; talks down
: to speak in a condescending or oversimplified fashion
: to disparage or belittle by talking
Examples of talk down in a Sentence
a company that prefers to talk up its own products rather than talk down those of its competitors
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Never met someone successful ever talking down to someone online.
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Johnson’s Trump was quick to talk down on the prolific late-night sketch show.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
While Joan is visiting the Westside Hospital with her students, Michael (Omar Metwally) offers her the Chief of Internal Medicine position after she, not very subtly, told him not to hire anyone who is asking for it and talked down other potential candidates.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the fact she was talked down by others reflects how weak and rushed her candidacy turned out to be.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Johnson’s Trump was quick to talk down on the prolific late-night sketch show.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
While Joan is visiting the Westside Hospital with her students, Michael (Omar Metwally) offers her the Chief of Internal Medicine position after she, not very subtly, told him not to hire anyone who is asking for it and talked down other potential candidates.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the fact she was talked down by others reflects how weak and rushed her candidacy turned out to be.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for talk down
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“Talk down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20down. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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