belittle

  • 31belittle —   Ho oha aha a.   Also: ho oūpē, huahua, ho opu ukahua, ho ohenehene, pāhenehene, ho opāhenehene, nemanema …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32belittle — v.tr. 1 depreciate. 2 make small; dwarf. Derivatives: belittlement n. belittler n. belittlingly adv …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 33Belittled — 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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34Belittling — 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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 35cry stinking fish — belittle one s own goods; to foul one s one nest …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 36depreciate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. disparage, derogate, discredit, belittle, cheapen, slump, fall, rundown (inf.), knock (sl.). See detraction, cheapness, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To decline in value or quantity] Syn. devalue,… …

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  • 37disparage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. depreciate, discredit, belittle, decry, run down; asperse, traduce. See detraction, disapprobation, disrespect. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. depreciate, deprecate, discredit, defame; see censure ,… …

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  • 38decry — decry, depreciate, disparage, derogate, detract, belittle, minimize mean to write, speak, or otherwise indicate one s feeling in regard to something in such a way as to reveal one s low opinion of it. Decry implies open or public condemnation or… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 39deprecate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. protest, regret, disfavor, disapprove; expostulate, inveigh, or remonstrate (against). See disapprobation, dissuasion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deplore, object, expostulate, belittle; see censure ,… …

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  • 40κατεσμίκρυνε — κατεσμίκρῡνε , κατά , εἰσ μικρύνω belittle pres imperat act 2nd sg κατεσμίκρῡνε , κατά , εἰσ μικρύνω belittle aor ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) κατεσμίκρῡνε , κατά , εἰσ μικρύνω belittle imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic) κατεσμίκρῡνε ,… …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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