belittle
verb (used with object)
to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
is belittling
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present progressiveof belittle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I also think it’s fair to defend your brother if his wife is belittling him in front of you.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2019
These are not politicians he is belittling, as most of his targets have been before.
From US News ● Aug. 5, 2016
That calling Los Angeles “L.A.” is belittling, which is extremely funny to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2015
The description magical realism has been used about him, but I think that is belittling him – this isn't something he's picked up from Gabriel García Márquez, but something which is very much his own.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2012
Whether found out or not, the process is belittling, and a man is through it blasted for this world and damaged for the next one.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
