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be·lit·tle  (b-ltl)

tr.v. be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling, be·lit·tles

1. To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.

2. To cause to seem less than another or little: The size of the office tower belittles the surrounding buildings. See Synonyms at decry.

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be·little·ment n.

be·littler n.

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belittle [bɪˈlɪt^əl]

vb (tr)

1. to consider or speak of (something) as less valuable or important than it really is; disparage

2. to cause to make small; dwarf

belittlement  n

belittler  n

belittlingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	belittle - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" denigrate, derogate, minimize disparage, belittle, pick at - express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" talk down - belittle through talk
	2.	belittle - express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" disparage, pick at criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" tear apart, trash, pan - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance" discredit, disgrace - damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians" depreciate, vilipend, deprecate - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" belittle, denigrate, derogate, minimize - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
	3.	belittle - lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" diminish minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

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belittle

verb run down, dismiss, diminish, put down, underestimate, discredit, ridicule, scorn, rubbish (informal), degrade, minimize, downgrade, undervalue, knock (informal), deride, malign, detract from, denigrate, scoff at, disparage, decry, sneer at, underrate, deprecate, depreciate, defame, derogate We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement.
praise, elevate, magnify, exalt, vaunt, boast about, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean)

Translations

belittle [bɪˈlɪtl] VT (= demean) → menospreciar; (= minimize) → quitar importancia a, minimizar

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belittle [bɪˈlɪt^əl] vt [+ person, achievement] → déprécier, rabaisser

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belittle

vt → herabsetzen, heruntermachen (inf); achievement also → schmälern; to belittle oneself → sich schlechter machen, als man ist

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belittle [bɪˈlɪtl] vt → sminuire

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belittle [bɪˈlɪtl] vt → sminuire

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belittle

v belittle [biˈlitl]

to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism) She belittled his achievements. afkraak, verkleineer يُقَلِّل من قيمَة подценявам snižovat, znevažovat bagatellisere; nedvurdere herabsetzen υποβαθμίζω, μειώνω minimizar, subestimar halvustama کوچک شمردن؛ تحقیر کردن vähätellä déprécier לְזַלזֵל छोटा करना umanjiti (le)kicsinyel meremehkan gera lítið úr sminuire けなす 경시하다 (su)menkinti noniecināt mengecil-ngecilkan kleineren bagatellisere, nedvurdere umniejszyć minimizar a minimaliza умалять znevážiť podcenjevati umanjiti förringa, nedsätta ดูถูก küçültmek, küçümsemek, küçük görmek 貶低 принижувати; применшувати گھٹا کر بیان کرنا ، برے لفظوں میں بیان کرنا coi nhẹ 贬低