belittle
verb (used with object)
to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
has belittled
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present perfectof belittle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has belittled prevention and been in denial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2020
Ambassador Gui Congyou has belittled journalists in Sweden, comparing them to a lightweight boxer seeking to go toe-to-toe with a heavyweight China.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2020
She has told us that we cannot afford a wedding, has belittled our relationship and has been unsupportive.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2017
I would go as far as to say he has belittled much of the progress that Lancaster and the team have achieved.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2015
But his behaviour towards Napoleon would have put any French Jacobin to the blush, and has belittled him for all time in the eyes of everybody who has a spark of human feeling in him.
From The Tragedy of St. Helena by Runciman, Walter
