belittle
to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
Origin of belittle
1Other words for belittle
Other words from belittle
- be·lit·tle·ment, noun
- be·lit·tler, noun
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How to use belittle in a sentence
That would be quite a flex for a guy the world watched drop to the end of the first round on draft day and who was then forced to sit for three years behind an insecure superstar who belittled and disrespected him when he wasn’t ignoring him.
What If Chasing Rivals Keeps Aaron Rodgers In Green Bay? We Made A Metric For That. | Josh Hermsmeyer | July 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightMale servers were favored over women, who were belittled in front of guests and not given prime tables, the probe found.
Mario Batali and partner settle sexual harassment probe for $600,000 | Emily Heil | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostWhile capable of great charm and generosity, he often seemed to undercut himself with a confrontational, gruff and belittling manner that many found offensive.
Donald H. Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 | Bradley Graham | June 30, 2021 | Washington PostQ believers see themselves as soldiers fighting for the ultimate cause—and are surrounded by people who validate them, rather than insult or belittle them, or try to fact-check them out of what they think is real.
Why Does the QAnon Conspiracy Thrive Despite All its Unfulfilled Prophecies? | Mike Rothschild | June 30, 2021 | TimeSupervisors curse them out and belittle and bully them, they say.
D.C. Mayor Bowser names new chairman of arts commission, which is facing accusations of cronyism and racism | Peggy McGlone | May 20, 2021 | Washington Post
And he is probably right to belittle the current round of talks.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process | Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHand it off to a hen-pecked husband or a put-upon assistant and it can demean or belittle.
Yet, Western intelligence tends to belittle them as a bunch of bluffers.
Leslie H. Gelb on Obama’s Dangerous Nuclear Dance | Leslie H. Gelb | April 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Fox News host seemed to belittle Laura Ingraham during an on-air clash about same-sex marriage.
Bill O’Reilly’s Macho Moment in On-Air Confrontation With Laura Ingraham | Lauren Ashburn | April 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is not a time to complain about or belittle this shift, or, as with Kotkin, to pretend that it is not even taking place.
Did I Abandon My Creative Class Theory? Not So Fast, Joel Kotkin | Richard Florida | March 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was very woman, and the look of the thing was not nice to her eyes, while it must belittle her in theirs.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThis is supposed to refer to an altercation between these two gods, in which they tried to belittle each other.
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony | Washington MatthewsThe man who shuns realities because they belittle him is on the wrong road; he is hopelessly lost from the beginning.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisWhen they have won the praise of men, pride leads them on to belittle the work of other men and to applaud their own.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin LutherWeve278 been thundered at, frightened, cursed, and every agency has united to belittle us in our own eyes.
The Wasted Generation | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for belittle
/ (bɪˈlɪtəl) /
to consider or speak of (something) as less valuable or important than it really is; disparage
to cause to make small; dwarf
Derived forms of belittle
- belittlement, noun
- belittler, noun
- belittlingly, adverb
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