as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
a company that prefers to talk up its own products rather than talk down those of its competitors
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Recent Examples of talked down
The contractors talked down to me.
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Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Others described feeling they were being talked down to.
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Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
Baldwin also said district custodians are understaffed, supplied with broken or old equipment, have been denied language interpreters during meetings and are in general talked down to by administrative staff.
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Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
There’s always a chance that Fetterman’s prospective foes get talked down from the ledge.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
24 Mar. 2026
After Jacksonville, after years of fans feeling talked down to and reporters feeling undermined, this silly little event served a purpose for a change.
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Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Last week, Ralo took to social media to call Thug a divisive figure who had previously talked down on Rich Homie Quan and YFN Lucci to peers in a similar manner.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Gareth isn’t so easily talked down, however.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Others described feeling they were being talked down to.
—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
Baldwin also said district custodians are understaffed, supplied with broken or old equipment, have been denied language interpreters during meetings and are in general talked down to by administrative staff.
—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
There’s always a chance that Fetterman’s prospective foes get talked down from the ledge.
—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
24 Mar. 2026
After Jacksonville, after years of fans feeling talked down to and reporters feeling undermined, this silly little event served a purpose for a change.
—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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
Last week, Ralo took to social media to call Thug a divisive figure who had previously talked down on Rich Homie Quan and YFN Lucci to peers in a similar manner.
—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Gareth isn’t so easily talked down, however.
—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked down
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Johnson is among six people featured by Pam Bondi whose cases have now been dismissed.
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Joe Root, Jofra Archer, Matthew Fisher and Josh Tongue were dismissed in two double-wicket maidens by Henry.
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These behaviors are often minimized as personality quirks or generational differences.
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Highlight details are more vivid and color bleeding is minimized.
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With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.
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Diamondbacks center fielder Jorge Barrosa ran down five fly balls by Dodgers hitters.
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But Kesselring’s role was further diminished when Buffalo acquired defensemen Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn from the Winnipeg Jets at the trade deadline in March.
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Since then, our evenings have been brighter and our melatonin diminished.
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Rutte confirmed the drawdown but played down its impact.
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Claims of an arrangement along those lines have been played down at the Newcastle end.
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“Talked down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talked%20down. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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