put-down

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

put-down
    n 1: a crushing remark [syn: {put-down}, {squelch}, {squelcher},
         {takedown}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Setdown \Set"down`\ (s[e^]t"doun`), n.
   The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a
   disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the
   reproof which has such effect. Also called {put-down}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]