PICK AT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • express a negative opinion of
   Synonym(s)
   • belittle (what does belittle mean?)
   • disparage (what does disparage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She disparaged her student’’s efforts
   Hypernyms(s) pick at is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • knock (what does knock mean?)
   • criticize (what does criticize mean?)
   • criticise (what does criticise mean?)
   • pick apart (what does pick apart mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • flatter (what does flatter mean?)
   • blandish (what does blandish mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pan (what does pan mean?)
   • tear apart (what does tear apart mean?)
   • trash (what does trash mean?)
   • discredit (what does discredit mean?)
   • disgrace (what does disgrace mean?)
   • deprecate (what does deprecate mean?)
   • depreciate (what does depreciate mean?)
   • minimize (what does minimize mean?)
   • belittle (what does belittle mean?)
   • denigrate (what does denigrate mean?)
   • derogate (what does derogate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • disparagement (what does disparagement mean?)
   • depreciation (what does depreciation mean?)
   • derogation (what does derogation mean?)
   • disparagement (what does disparagement mean?)
   • dispraise (what does dispraise mean?)
   • detractor (what does detractor mean?)
   • disparager (what does disparager mean?)
   • depreciator (what does depreciator mean?)
   • knocker (what does knocker mean?)
2. Meaning
   • eat like a bird
   Synonym(s)
   • peck (what does peck mean?)
   • peck at (what does peck at mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The anorexic girl just picks at her food
   Hypernyms(s) pick at is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • eat (what does eat mean?)
3. Meaning
   • pluck or pull at with the fingers
   Synonym(s)
   • pluck at (what does pluck at mean?)
   • pull at (what does pull at mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse
   Hypernyms(s) pick at is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pull (what does pull mean?)