Belittling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  belittling
       adj : tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
             "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";
             "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting
             remark" [syn: {deprecating}, {deprecative}, {deprecatory},
              {depreciative}, {depreciatory}, {slighting}]
       n 1: a belittling comment [syn: {denigration}]
       2: the act of belittling

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "belittling":
     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