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- 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 means to put down, or to make another person feel as though they aren't important. Saying mean things about another person literally makes them feel "little." To belittle someone is a cruel way of making someone else seem less important than yourself.
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 ]
to make someone or the things that someone does seem unimportant She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements. By saying this, I do not mean to belittle the importance of his role. Want to learn more?
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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.
OED's earliest evidence for belittle is from 1785, in the writing of Thomas Jefferson, revolutionary politician and president of the United States of America. belittle is formed within English, by derivation.
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.
