Defenition of the word belittle
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Defenition of the word belittle
- To make to seem unimportant.
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
- express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
- belittle; "Don't belittle his influence"
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don''t belittle your colleagues"
- express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student''s efforts"
- belittle; "Don''t belittle his influence"
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
- express a negative opinion of
- cause to seem less serious; play down
Synonyms for the word belittle
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- decry
- demean
- denigrate
- deride
- derogate
- diminish
- disparage
- find fault with
- minimize
- pick at
- put down
Similar words in the belittle
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- belittle
- belittled
- belittles
Hyponyms for the word belittle
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- belittle
- denigrate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- discredit
- disgrace
- minimize
- pan
- talk down
- tear apart
- trash
- vilipend
Hypernyms for the word belittle
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- belittle
- criticise
- criticize
- decrease
- disparage
- find fault with
- knock
- lessen
- minify
- pick apart
- pick at
Antonyms for the word belittle
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