belittle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: belittle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for belittle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
belittle v cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" Synonym(s): minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" Synonym(s): disparage, belittle, pick at Antonym(s): blandish, flatter lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" Synonym(s): diminish, belittle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.