Thesaurus: belittle
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
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Definitions
- v. t. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
- v. cause to seem less serious; play down
- v. express a negative opinion of
- v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
- To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.
- To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in adepreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.
- v:100 v cause to seem less serious; play down v express a negative opinion of v lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of