Definition of belittling
:expressing disparagement :disparaging, depreciatory
- a set of belittling stereotypes
- "I think it might embarrass Stuart to hear mice mentioned in such a belittling manner."
- —E. B. White
- Nisbett's attitude is far from belittling toward Eastern cultures.
- —Christopher Shea
- There was … a certain loftiness and sweetness that rebuked your belittling criticisms and stilled them.
- —Mark Twain
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belittlingly
adverb-
- … she is secretly carrying on a love affair with her mousy first cousin, belittlingly known to the family as Little Charles …
- —Charles Isherwood
