verb. Simple past tense and past participle of belittle.

adjective. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

"Patients thought the name belittled the seriousness of the condition and argued that it placed too much emphasis on fatigue when the illness is also typified by severe symptoms such as memory loss."

decreased  reduced  

whittled  

abated  ablated  attenuated  bated  consumed  

belittle