About The Word Belittle
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Belittle
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What's The Definition Of Belittle?
[v] lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
[v] express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" [v] belittle; "Don't belittle his influence" Synonyms | Synonyms for Belittle: diminish | disparage | pick at Related Terms | Find terms related to Belittle: bedwarf | bring down | bring into discredit | bring low | criticize | cry down | debase | decry | de-emphasize | degrade | denigrate | deprecate | depreciate | derogate | derogate from | detract from | diminish | disapprove of | discount | discredit | disgrace | disparage | dispraise | downgrade | downplay | dwarf | hold in contempt | knock | lessen | make light of | make little of | make nothing of | minify | minimize | misestimate | misprize | mitigate | play down | pooh-pooh | put down | reduce | reflect discredit upon | run down | sell short | set at naught | set little by | shrug off | slight | speak ill of | submit to indignity | think little of | think nothing of | trivialize | underestimate | underplay | underprize | underrate | underreckon | undervalue | write off See Also | belittle | criticise | criticize | decrease | denigrate | deprecate | depreciate | derogate | discredit | disgrace | lessen | minify | minimize | pan | pick apart | talk down | tear apart | trash Belittle In Webster's Dictionary \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Belittling}.]
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a
depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson.
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