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verb
- 1. dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant: "she belittled Amy's riding skills whenever she could"
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BELITTLE definition: 1. to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important: 2. to make a person or…. Learn more.
The meaning of BELITTLE is to speak slightingly of : disparage. How to use belittle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Belittle.
To belittle someone is a cruel way of making someone else seem less important than yourself. A candidate for office might belittle his opponent by pointing out during a press conference that his fellow candidate has an inferior intellect.
Belittle definition: to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.. See examples of BELITTLE used in a sentence.
If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good. We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement. [ VERB noun ]
1. To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. See Synonyms at disparage. 2. To cause to seem little or smaller than something else: "Away on the very edge of the cliffs, close under the sky, were pines, belittled by distance" (Stewart Edward White). be·lit′tle·ment n.
Definition of belittle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'belittle' If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'belittle' American English: bɪlɪtəl British English: bɪlɪtəl. More. Conjugations of 'belittle' present simple: I belittle, you belittle [...] past simple: I belittled, you belittled [...]
To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible. A person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. American Heritage. To make seem little, less important, etc.; speak slightingly of; depreciate. Webster's New World. To cause to seem little or smaller than something else. American Heritage.
Belittle definition, to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage. See more.
