belittle
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
belittles;
belittled;
bellittling
belittles;
belittled;
bellittling
Britannica Dictionary definition of BELITTLE
[+ object]
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to describe (someone or something) as little or unimportant
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The critic belittled the author's work.
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Her detractors are in the habit of belittling her accomplishments.
— belittling
adjective [more belittling; most belittling]-
a very belittling description
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She did not mean to be belittling (about her predecessors).
— belittling
noun [noncount]-
his belittling of his opponents
