belittle

Определение belittle в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is; to disparage; {f} disparage; depreciate; scorn, criticize; belittle, minimize, deny the significance of; To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way; express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"; If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good. We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement = downplay. to make someone or something seem small or unimportant; lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"; belittle; "Don't belittle his influence"; depreciate
belittled: {s} insulted, disparaged; diminished
belittled: past of belittle
belittled: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"
belittled: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small
belittlement: {i} criticism, scorn; disparagement; act of depreciating
belittlement: An act of belittling
belittler: {i} disparager; depreciator; one who belittles or scorns
belittles: third-person singular of belittle
belittling: present participle of belittle
belittling: a belittling comment
belittling: {s} causing offense, insulting, disparaging; causing to become smaller, diminishing
belittling: the act of belittling tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark
belittling: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
belittling: the act of belittling

belittle

Расстановка переносов

be·lit·tle

Турецкое произношение

bîlîtıl

Синонимы

bad-mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size, cut to the quick, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise

Антонимы

build up, exaggerate, praise, value

Произношение

/bəˈlətəl/ /bɪˈlɪtəl/

Этимология

() Coined by Thomas Jefferson in 1782 in "Notes on the State of Virginia": "So far the Count de Buffon has carried this new theory of the tendency of nature to belittle her productions on this side the Atlantic."