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adjective
- 1. dismissive of the importance of a person or thing: "his cruel, belittling remarks"
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The meaning of BELITTLING is expressing disparagement : disparaging, depreciatory. How to use belittling in a sentence.
belittle. verb [ T ] uk / bɪˈlɪt. ə l / us / bɪˈlɪt̬. ə l /. to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important: Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts. Stop belittling your self - your work is highly valued. Synonym. disparage.
The meaning of BELITTLE is to speak slightingly of : disparage. How to use belittle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Belittle.
to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important: Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts. Stop belittling your self - your work is highly valued. Synonym. disparage. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Insults & abuse.
BELITTLE definition: 1. to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important: 2. to make a person or…. Learn more.
To belittle someone is a cruel way of making someone else seem less important than yourself. A candidate for office might belittle his opponent by pointing out during a press conference that his fellow candidate has an inferior intellect. Belittling doesn't have to come in the form of verbal abuse.
Belittle definition: to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.. See examples of BELITTLE used in a sentence.
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. See Synonyms at disparage. 2. To cause to seem little or smaller than something else: "Away on the very edge of the cliffs, close under the sky, were pines, belittled by distance" (Stewart Edward White).
verb. /bɪˈlɪtl/ Verb Forms. belittle somebody/something to make somebody, or the things that somebody does, seem unimportant. She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements. By saying this, I do not mean to belittle the importance of his role. Take your English to the next level.
the act of speaking contemptuously of. noun. a belittling comment. synonyms: denigration. see more. see less. type of: depreciation, derogation, disparagement. a communication that belittles somebody or something.
