BELITTLING
Dictionary entry overview: What does belittling mean?
• BELITTLING (noun)
The noun BELITTLING has 2 senses:
1. a belittling comment
2. the act of belittling
Familiarity information: BELITTLING used as a noun is rare.
• BELITTLING (adjective)
The adjective BELITTLING has 1 sense:
1. tending to diminish or disparage
Familiarity information: BELITTLING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BELITTLING (noun)
Meaning:
A belittling comment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
belittling; denigration
Hypernyms ("belittling" is a kind of...):
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
Meaning:
The act of belittling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("belittling" is a kind of...):
disparagement; dispraise (the act of speaking contemptuously of)
• BELITTLING (adjective)
Meaning:
Tending to diminish or disparage
Synonyms:
deprecatory; deprecative; deprecating; belittling; slighting; depreciative; depreciatory
Context examples:
belittling comments / managed a deprecating smile at the compliment / deprecatory remarks about the book / a slighting remark
Similar:
uncomplimentary (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)
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