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belittle

English

  1. 🔊 lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
    “don't belittle your colleagues”
  2. 🔊 express a negative opinion of
    “She disparaged her student's efforts”
  3. 🔊 cause to seem less serious
    “Don't belittle his influence”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 apocar to belittle
  2. 🔊 botonear to belittle
  3. 🔊 menospreciar to belittle, to disparage, to despise, scorn, to look down on, to demean

Similar words

diminish disparage pick at minimize denigrate derogate bedwarf bring down bring into discredit bring low criticize cry down de-emphasize debase decry degrade denigrate deprecate depreciate derogate derogate from detract from diminish disapprove of