What is another word for belittle?

Synonyms for belittle
bɪˈlɪt lbe·lit·tle

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.7 / 3 votes

  1. belittle

    To decry is to cry down, in some noisy, public, or conspicuous manner. A witness or a statement is discredited; the currency is depreciated; a good name is dishonored by unworthy conduct; we underestimate in our own minds; we may underrate or undervalue in statement to others. These words are used, with few exceptions, of things such as qualities, merits, attainments, etc. To disparage is to belittle by damaging comparison or suggestion; it is used only of things. A man's achievements are disparaged, his motives depreciated, his professions discredited; he himself is calumniated, slandered, etc. Compare SLANDER.

    See synonyms for PRAISE.

    Synonyms:
    carp at, decry, depreciate, derogate from, detract from, discredit, dishonor, disparage, lower, underestimate, underrate, undervalue

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogateverb

    cause to seem less serious; play down

    "Don't belittle his influence"

    Synonyms:
    calumniate, smear, asperse, diminish, denigrate, minimize, besmirch, disparage, slander, pick at, sully, minimise, downplay, smirch, defame, understate, derogate

  2. disparage, belittle, pick atverb

    express a negative opinion of

    "She disparaged her student's efforts"

    Synonyms:
    pluck at, denigrate, disparage, diminish, pick at, peck at, pull at, minimize, derogate, peck

  3. diminish, belittleverb

    lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

    "don't belittle your colleagues"

    Synonyms:
    pick at, fall, denigrate, disparage, diminish, lessen, decrease, minimize, derogate

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. belittleverb

    Synonyms:
    decry, disparage, underrate, depreciate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "belittle":

    denigrate, underestimate, disparage

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How to use belittle in a sentence?

  1. Michel de Montaigne:

    Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose if you belittle yourself, you are believed if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

  2. Bryan Cranston:

    It is a privileged viewpoint to be able to look at the Ku Klux Klan and laugh at them and belittle them for their broken and hateful ideology, but the Ku Klux Klan and Charlottesville and white supremacists — that’s still happening and it’s not funny. It’s not funny to any group that is marginalized by these groups’ hatred, and it really taught me something.

  3. Jason Bateman:

    Not to belittle it or excuse it or anything, but in the entertainment industry it is incredibly common to have people who are, in quotes,' difficult,' and when you're in a privileged position to hire people, or have an influence in who does get hired, you make phone calls.

  4. Michael Kelly:

    [Trump becoming president] worries the hell out of me because he's displayed this short fuse, if he doesn't like something he's going to yell or he's going to be belittle someone or he's going to make demeaning remarks to different races, to women, to whoever he's disagrees with. Imagine that scenario playing out around the world.

  5. Iris Erlingsdottir:

    Don't belittle yourself or be ashamed of you who you are. That's your husband's job, and he does it so well.


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