Belittle

What do we mean by belittle?

To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: synonym: disparage. transitive verb

To cause to seem little or smaller than something else. transitive verb

To make small or smaller; reduce in proportion or extent.

To cause to appear small; depreciate; lower in character or importance; speak lightly or disparagingly of.

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. transitive verb

To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is. verb

Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of verb

Cause to seem less serious; play down verb

Express a negative opinion of verb

To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.

Words that are spelled similarly to belittle:
belittle, little, brittle, belittled, belittler, a little, bettle, berattle, belittles, bittle, betitle, dolittle, belite, belisle, belette, beattle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word belittle:
humiliate, explain, importance, efforts, saying, our, african, character, others.

Words that rhyme with belittle:
little, brittle, hospital, whittle, tittle, acquittal, skittle, committal, spittle, noncommittal, vittle, kittle, transmittal, doolittle, mental hospital, a little, kittel, foundling hospital, field hospital, little by little, military hospital, bittle, knittle, smittle, psychiatric hospital, peanut brittle, hittle, quite a little, malcolm little, knittel, pittle, too little, littell, even a little, lyttle, pytel, zittel, bit ill, bit till, bittel, cockpit hill, fit ill, it ill, it till, kit hill, kittell, quit till, rittle, sit ill, sit till, sunlit hill, tittel, writ till.

Adjectives that are often used to describe belittle:
least.

Consonant match to belittle:
below till.

Words that sound like belittle:
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