About The Word Belittling

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Belittling to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Belittling definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Belittling

Belittling Meaning & Definition
Belittling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Belittling?

[n] the act of belittling
[n] a belittling comment
[adj] tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Belittling: denigration | deprecating | deprecative | deprecatory | depreciative | depreciatory | slighting | uncomplimentary

Related Terms | Find terms related to Belittling: abusive | back-biting | belittlement | bitchy | calumniatory | calumnious | catty | censorious | comedown | contempt | contemptuous | contumelious | decrial | defamatory | deprecatory | depreciation | depreciative | depreciatory | derisive | derisory | derogation | derogative | derogatory | detraction | detractory | disapproval | discrediting | disgrace | disparagement | disparaging | faint praise | indignity | knocking | libelous | lukewarm support | minification | minimization | minimizing | pejorative | putting down | qualification | ridiculing | scandalous | scurrile | scurrilous | slanderous | slighting | sour grapes | vilifying

See Also | depreciation | derogation | disparagement | disparagement | dispraise

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Calomel ‐ a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a…
  • Unselfish ‐ not greedy [adj]…
  • Chains ‐ metal shackles; for…
  • Readmit ‐ admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was…
  • Worldly-minded ‐ marked by…
  • Au pair ‐ a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing…
  • Flower stalk ‐ erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground…
  • Bantoid ‐ relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics…
  • Unworried ‐ free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood";…
  • Amanita muscaria ‐ poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet…