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   belittle

   /bɪˈlɪtl/

   verb

   • 1. dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant: "she belittled Amy's riding skills whenever she could"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from be- + little; a coinage of Thomas Jefferson originally meaning ‘diminish in size, make small’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. belittlement noun
   • 2. belittler noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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