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
They are like belittling husbands who think better of their wives only after they alter them with weight loss and a new wardrobe.
His extreme vitriol focused intensely on degrading and mocking Muslims, belittling their place in the Middle East.
This Islamophobe Is An Arab-American Christian Like Me | Anna Lekas Miller | September 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat is truly degrading is her denial of Jewish refugee rights and belittling of Jewish suffering.
Williams gets booed when he says that Gingrich calling Obama “the food-stamp president” is belittling.
Best Moments From the Fox News GOP Debate in Myrtle Beach (VIDEO) | The Daily Beast Video | January 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMany in the media serve as enablers with subtle but insidious belittling of conservatives.
This night the woman of his belittling deprecations was thinking how great and good her husband was.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyHe is weary both of dissipation and of the youthful frivolities 169 which are injuring and belittling him.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de DinoFar from belittling Descartes, as I much desire to repeat, this rather makes him the greater.
William Oughtred | Florian CajoriWe were unable to find any of those selfish and belittling springs of action which rob great deeds of more than half their glory.
Our Standard-Bearer | Oliver OpticWhy will you insist on belittling everything that you have done?
The Firefly Of France | Marion Polk Angellotti
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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