TALKED DOWN Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

talked down

verb

past tense of talk down

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 influencer, or their manager, already expects to be talked down. — Chris Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026 The contractors talked down to me. — 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked down

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But the fate of Mangione’s state case, set to go to trial next month, now hangs in the balance as his attorneys seek to get second-degree murder and weapons charges dismissed over double jeopardy protections.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
All six defendants initially faced torture charges that were dismissed.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismissed

Verb

The buffers that have minimized the disruption so far will hold for only so long and must be reinforced if the world is to endure future shocks.

— Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
Without getting into specifics, Robins minimized the potential impact of the CFTC’s rules on DraftKings’ market making business in an interview with Sportico on Friday morning.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of minimized

Verb

The influence and interest of the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
Then, there is the rise of China, which has shifted Washington’s strategic focus away from Europe and diminished NATO’s centrality to American concerns.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of diminished

Verb

The industry is one of the key drivers of Indian economic growth and middle-class expansion, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played down job displacement concerns.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Iranian state television earlier played down the outcome of the Iran-Oman discussions, citing a person familiar with the matter as saying an agreement between Tehran and Muscat would not necessarily mean the strait would open immediately.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026