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 Oversimplifying things, on the other hand, would leave hardcore fans feeling as if they were being talked down to. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 There is a sense that it is patronised and talked down to a lot of the time. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for talked down

Verb

Following the meeting, the president dismissed the idea of new AI rules and reiterated his view that the industry should police itself.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Like his brother, John had at first dismissed the idea of an American being elected to the papacy.

— Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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The documentary came off iPlayer last year after its window ran down.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Hours before, a line ran down 65th Street and around the block with fans trying to score a ticket to the world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran down

Verb

That is quite far apart from the commercial industry, which actually stands to be diminished by these policy reforms.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 7 Oct. 2026
By raw numbers, net domestic out-migration of Californians to other states continues even as the California exodus overall has diminished in strength.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

Verb

Trottier played down the middle in both games in his first rookie tournament and handled himself admirably.

— Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
With the Kroenke deal, the Angels will plug into a much larger sports and media ecosystem that should benefit the team that has always played down the road in Orange County in the shadow of the region’s beloved Los Angeles Dodgers franchise.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026