BELITTLE

diminish, belittle

(verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; “don’t belittle your colleagues”

disparage, belittle, pick at

(verb) express a negative opinion of; “She disparaged her student’s efforts”

minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate

(verb) cause to seem less serious; play down; “Don’t belittle his influence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

belittle (third-person singular simple present belittles, present participle belittling, simple past and past participle belittled)

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is. [from 1782]

Synonyms: understate, make light of, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, disparage, downplay, play down, trivialize, bagatellize

Antonym: exaggerate

Source: Wiktionary

Be*lit"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belittling.]

Definition: To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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