əˈmēlyəˌrāt
make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
improve, make better, better, make improvements to, enhance, help, benefit, boost, amend; relieve, ease, mitigate; informaltweak, patch up
worsen
ˈblīT͟Hlē
in a way that shows a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.
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ˈdenəˌɡrāt
criticize unfairly; disparage.
disparage, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize, attack; speak ill of, give someone a bad name, defame, slander, libel; run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify, slur; informalbadmouth, dis, pull to pieces, talk smackp
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