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shoot down

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Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot down

1 to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

  • nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank
Synonyms of shoot down

deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, ridicule, scout, skewer
Words Related to shoot down

scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at)

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down

chaff, jive, josh, kid, quiz, rally, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit

bait, barrack [chiefly British], bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment

ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty
Phrases Synonymous with shoot down

cock a snook (at) also cock snooks (at) , make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on
Near Antonyms of shoot down

applaud, approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), sanction

2 to reject by or as if by a vote

  • every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members
Synonyms of shoot down

blackball, down, kill, negative, nix, veto
Words Related to shoot down

decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuse

blacklist
Near Antonyms of shoot down

admit, allow, approve, assent (to), pass, sanction

elect, support
Antonyms of shoot down

confirm, ratify

3 to prove to be false

  • the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks
Synonyms of shoot down

belie, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, falsify, rebut, refute
Words Related to shoot down

overthrow, overturn

challenge, contest, query, question

doubt, mistrust

debate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over
Phrases Synonymous with shoot down

give the lie to
Near Antonyms of shoot down

document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witness

back (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiate

adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify

demonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest
Antonyms of shoot down

confirm, establish, prove, validate, verify

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