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Examples of belittle in a Sentence
The critic belittled the author's work.
Her detractors are in the habit of belittling her accomplishments.
Recent Examples of belittle from the Web
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Being cheated on, humiliated, belittled… for the gram?
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These stories are about a man using his power to belittle, humiliate, or take advantage of a woman who can’t do much about it.
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As an athlete who didn't go to college and came from humble circumstances, one who is sometimes belittled when noun and verb do not agree in his grammar, LeBron James nevertheless is a man who is underestimated only by fools.
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As Season 2 opens, Sam's frank honesty and no-nonsense attitude have turned her into a target for online trolls who want nothing more than to belittle and silence her.
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Snapchat offended a lot of people with an advertisement belittling Rihanna's and Chris Brown's violent past.
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So much of our public discourse now is about making ourselves sound bigger and better than we are, while belittling others who think differently.
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Electronic duo Sofi Tukker remind us not to let ourselves be belittled in an infectious club tune.
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His belittling tweets and personal insults are the antithesis of conventional presidential discourse.
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First Known Use of belittle
1785
belittle Synonyms
Synonyms
bad-mouth, cry down, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, diminish, discount, dismiss, disparage, kiss off, minimize, play down, put down, run down, talk down, vilipend, write off;
Related Words
censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, reprehend, reprobate;
asperse, defame, malign, rip, slander, slur, traduce, vilify;
Phrases
dump on;
Synonym Discussion of belittle
decry, depreciate, disparage, belittle mean to express a low opinion of. decry implies open condemnation with intent to discredit.
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- decried their defeatist attitude
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- critics depreciate his plays for being unabashedly sentimental
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- disparaged polo as a game for the rich
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- belittled the achievements of others
BELITTLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of belittle for English Language Learners
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: to describe (someone or something) as little or unimportant
BELITTLE Defined for Kids
Definition of belittle for Students
belittled;
belittling
: to make (a person or a thing) seem small or unimportant
She belittled his efforts.
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