All elevate antonyms

verb elevate

• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• demote — If someone demotes you, they give you a lower rank or a less important position than you already have, often as a punishment.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
• deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• lessen — to become less.
• shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• criticise — criticize
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
• degrade — Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.