Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 45 detractors 45 rubbishes 45 brushes aside 42 dismisses 42 refutes 42 downplays 41 scoffs 40 rebutted 40 concedes 40 disagrees 40 critics 40 rebuts 39 bemoans 39 took umbrage 39 rues 39 ridicules 39 derides 38 lambasts 38 criticizes 38 repudiates 37 avers 37 assails 37 brushed aside 37 pointedly 36 irked 36 dismissive 36 mocks 36 acknowledges 36 oft repeated 36 retorted 36 defends 36 shrugs 36 demurs 36 distanced himself 36 assailed 36 harshest critics 36 flatly 35 laments 35 vindicating 35 flays 35 bristled 35 unconcerned 35 forthright 35 pooh poohed 35 misunderstands 35 detractor 35 emphatically 35 conceded 35 non committal 35 Quizzed 35 unconvincing 35 scoffed 35 veiled reference 35 rubbishing 35 undercuts 35 impugned 35 refuted 35 raised eyebrows 35 betrays 35 supremely confident 34 subverts 34 Elaborating 34 criticize 34 lauds 34 conveniently forgotten 34 asserted 34 equivocal 34 denounces 34 rankles 34 downplayed 34 vigorously defended 34 vehemently 34 queried 34 notwithstanding 34 unperturbed 34 heaped praise 34 ardent supporters 34 retorts 34 facile 34 Refuting 34 factually incorrect 34 concurs 34 dismissing 34 vindicates 34 brushed aside suggestions 34 vindicated 34 phlegmatic 33 rightly 33 doubting 33 sarcastically 33 quibbles 33 flouts 33 effusively 33 circumspect 33 fatal flaw 33 unapologetic 33 insists 33 irks 33 shies away 33 shuns 33 ascribes