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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr & vb n. {Belittling}.] To make little or less in a moral sense to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way --T. Jefferson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: belittling adj : tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: {deprecating}, {deprecative}, {deprecatory}, {depreciative}, {depreciatory}, {slighting}] n 1: a belittling comment [syn: {denigration}] 2: the act of belittling
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