'Belittling' definitions:
Definition of 'Belittling'
From: GCIDE
- Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belittling.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'belittling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- belittlement,
- bitchy,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- decrial,
- defamatory,
- deprecatory,
- depreciation,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogation,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detraction,
- detractory,
- disapproval,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disparagement,
- disparaging,
- faint praise,
- indignity,
- knocking,
- libelous,
- lukewarm support,
- minification,
- minimization,
- minimizing,
- pejorative,
- putting down,
- qualification,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- sour grapes,
- vilifying