belittling

Speech parts

1. belittling - Noun

2. belittling - Verb

4. belittling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Belittle

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deprecatory deprecating slighting denigration depreciative depreciatory deprecative personal scornful critical offensive minimize lowering diminish diminishing
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Antonyms

good congratulations positive holding feeling friendly
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Hypernyms

depreciation derogation disparagement dispraise

Anagrams

billetting

Examples

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man. Owen Feltham

When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma. Brian K. Vaughan

Oxford walls have a way of belittling us; and the Duke was loath to regard his doom as trivial. Aye, by all minerals we are mocked. Vegetables, yearly deciduous, are far more sympathetic. Max Beerbohm

I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a Prime Minister. Christine Milne

Theology as critical reflection thus fulfills a liberating function for man and the Christian community, preserving them from fetishism and idolatry, as well as from a pernicious and belittling narcissism. Gustavo Gutiérrez

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling. Bruno Tonioli

Close letter words and terms

belittled myself belittlement belittler belittlingly belive Beliveau