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belittling
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As a noun, belittling means belittlement. As an adjective, it means tending to diminish or disparage.
Meanings of belittling
4 meaningsverb
Present participle of belittle
noun
Belittlement
A belittling comment
Similar: denigrationThe act of belittling
adjective
Tending to diminish or disparage
“belittling comments”
“managed a deprecating smile at the compliment”
“deprecatory remarks about the book”
Similar: deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
All synonyms for belittling →adjective: tending to diminish or disparage
noun: a belittling comment
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