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单词 belittling
释义 Adjective: belittling  bu'lituling
  1. Tending to diminish or disparage
    "belittling comments"
    - deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
Noun: belittling  bu'lituling
  1. A belittling comment
    - denigration 
  2. The act of belittling
Verb: belittle  bi'litl
  1. Cause to seem less serious; play down
    "Don't belittle his influence"
    - minimize, denigrate, derogate, minimise [Brit] 
  2. Express a negative opinion of
    - disparage, pick at 
  3. Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
    "don't belittle your colleagues"
    - diminish

Derived forms: belittlings

See also: uncomplimentary

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticize, decrease, depreciation, derogation, disparagement, dispraise, knock, lessen, minify, pick apart

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