belittle
belittle is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
- verb. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
"don't belittle your colleagues"
- verb. express a negative opinion of
"She disparaged her student's efforts"
- verb. cause to seem less serious; play down
"Don't belittle his influence"
Synonyms
diminish, disparage, denigrate, derogate, minimize
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in belittle:
Common word forms
belittled, belittler, belittles, belittling, belittlement
Words from these letters
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