Belittle

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  • transitive verb. To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: synonym: disparage.
  • transitive verb. To cause to seem little or smaller than something else.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make small or smaller; reduce in proportion or extent.
  • To cause to appear small; depreciate; lower in character or importance; speak lightly or disparagingly of.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
  • verb. cause to seem less serious; play down
  • verb. express a negative opinion of
    • Word Usage
    "In this, great numbers of caves are hollowed out, and carvings are seen which suggest architectural forms, though on a scale so grand that architectural terms belittle them."
    cross-reference
    denigrate  disparage  vilipend  
    Form
    belittled  belittling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decrease  lessen  minify  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    acquittal  bittle  brittle  committal  kittel  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aimable  anticlimactic  appeared  behindhand  burnt  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bedwarf  bring down  bring into discredit  bring low  criticize  
    verb-form
    belittled  belittles  belittling  
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