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v. To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.

v. To cause to seem less than another or little: The size of the office tower belittles the surrounding buildings. See Synonyms at decry.

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

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

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.

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

v. cause to seem less serious; play down

v. express a negative opinion of

"In this, great numbers of caves are hollowed out, and carvings are seen which suggest architectural forms, though on a scale so grand that architectural terms belittle them."

belittled    belittles    belittling   

minify    lessen    decrease   

disparage    vilipend    denigrate   

belittlement   

belittled    belittling   

acquittal    bittle    brittle    committal    kittel    kittle    knittle    little    noncommittal    pittle   

reiterative    ill-treating    anticlimactic    burnt    inconsecutive    rationalize    traceable/provable    appeared    dysfunctional    recant