Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.

    When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.

    Erniedrigung, Herabsetzung

    нае́здnajézd, колкостьkolkostʹ, шпи́лькаšpílʹka

    a crushing remark

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
insult or barb:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
insult or barb:

Origin

Deverbal from put down.

Deverbal from put down.

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Forms

plural: put-downs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedput down

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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