belittle
UK /bɪˈlɪt.əl/ US /bɪˈlɪt.əl/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.
Don't belittle your colleagues.
An essential part of any German campaign is obviously the efficiency of its lines of communication and therefore it is dangerous to belittle our enemy's strength in this direction.
2
To make small.
Now, the big blue space of river and sky belittled him, ulled him back into bewildered childhood.
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