belittle

/bɪˈlɪt.əl/

verb 2

Collocations

ADJ.

all, cruel, dangerous, english, foreign, right, used

VERB + BELITTLE

attempt, continued, diminish, don't, mock, need, uses

BELITTLE + NOUN

antonio, colleagues, contributions, effort, efforts, enemy's, hunger, inheritance

ADV.

constantly, often, regularly

Definitions

verb

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.

To make small.

Now, the big blue space of river and sky belittled him, ulled him back into bewildered childhood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

diminish

verb — express a negative opinion of

disparage

verb — cause to seem less serious

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Don't belittle your colleagues.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

Under the rules as understood by the New York Times, the West is free to mock and belittle its Judeo-Christian inheritance, and, likewise, the Muslim world is free to mock and belittle the West's Jude

Wiktionary

Why do you have to belittle people all the time?

Tatoeba · #3892749

They imprisoned and subsequently force-fed the protesters in an attempt to belittle their hunger strike.

Tatoeba · #4298816

Do not belittle his suggestions.

Tatoeba · #4368122

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