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Definition of 'belittle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) belittle
to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; disparage.

Etymology: (1775–85, Amer.)

Definition of 'belittle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate
cause to seem less serious; play down
"Don't belittle his influence"

2. (verb) disparage, belittle, pick at
express a negative opinion of
"She disparaged her student's efforts"

3. (verb) diminish, belittle
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
"don't belittle your colleagues"

Definition of 'belittle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) belittle
to make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way

Translation of 'belittle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism) She belittled his achievements.
Afrikaans: afkraak, verkleineer	Arabic: يُقَلِّل من قيمَة	Bulgarian: подценявам
Brazilian: diminuir	Czech: snižovat, znevažovat	German: herabsetzen
Danish: bagatellisere; nedvurdere	Greek: υποβαθμίζω, μειώνω	Spanish: minimizar, subestimar
Estonian: halvustama	Farsi: کوچک شمردن؛ تحقیر کردن	Finnish: vähätellä
French: déprécier	Hebrew: לְזַלזֵל	Hindi: छोटा करना
Croatian: umanjiti	Hungarian: (le)kicsinyel	Indonesian: meremehkan
Icelandic: gera lítið úr	Italian: sminuire	Japanese: けなす
Korean: 경시하다	Lithuanian: (su)menkinti	Latvian: noniecināt
Malay: mengecil-ngecilkan	Dutch: kleineren	Norwegian: bagatellisere, nedvurdere
Polish: umniejszyć	Persian: کوچک شمردن؛ تحقیر کردن	Pashto: وړو كى كول وړو كى ښودل لږ
Portuguese: minimizar	Romanian: a minimaliza	Russian: умалять
Slovak: znevážiť	Slovenian: podcenjevati	Serbian: umanjiti
Swedish: förringa, nedsätta	Thai: ดูถูก	Turkish: küçültmek, küçümsemek, kü
Taiwanese: 貶低	Ukrainian: принижувати; применшувати	Urdu: گھٹا کر بیان کرنا ، برے ل
Vietnamese: coi nhẹ	Chinese: 贬低
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