verb
definition
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.
example
Don't belittle your colleagues.
synonyms
Examples of belittled in a Sentence
No wonder he was upset when I belittled the culture here.
Gaelic traditions were belittled and Gaelic speakers held up as illiterate bumpkins.
Miss Sullivan never needlessly belittled her ideas or expressions to suit the supposed state of the child's intelligence.
Addicts are then more open to free discussions without feeling cornered or belittled in any manner.
If a teen feels ridiculed, belittled, judged, or pressured into dealing with a problem, his or her most likely reaction will be rejection, anger, and avoidance of the problem.
In fact, practitioners of Karate-Do are now often belittled as deluded individuals practicing an ineffective children's art.
Allen couldn't be rejected, so he belittled her intelligence, the close relationship with her family and accused her of cheating on him.