BELITTLING

belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting

(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage; “belittling comments”; “managed a deprecating smile at the compliment”; “deprecatory remarks about the book”; “a slighting remark”

belittling

(noun) the act of belittling

denigration, belittling

(noun) a belittling comment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

belittling

present participle of belittle

Noun

belittling (plural belittlings)

belittlement

Anagrams

• billetting

Source: Wiktionary


BELITTLE

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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