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1 belittle
v. küçültmek, alçaltmak, aşağılamak, küçümsemek, küçük görmek* * *küçült* * *[bi'litl](to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) küçültmek, küçümsemek, küçük görmek
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belittle — ► VERB ▪ dismiss as unimportant … English terms dictionary
belittle — is, to the surprise of many, an Americanism, disapproved of by Fowler (1926) as an ‘undesirable alien’, at least in its meaning ‘decry, depreciate’. • (Never belittle anything that your patients earnestly believe Oxford Companion to US History,… … Modern English usage
belittle — verb (T) formal to make someone or something seem small or unimportant: He tends to belittle his own efforts … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
belittle — verb /bɨˈlɪt.əl/ To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is. See Also: belittlement … Wiktionary
belittle — verb dismiss as unimportant. Derivatives belittlement noun belittler noun belittling adjective belittlingly adverb … English new terms dictionary
belittle — verb Mr. Reese had been warned on two previous occasions to stop belittling his students Syn: disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, trivialize, minimize, make light of, pooh pooh, treat lightly, scoff at,… … Thesaurus of popular words
belittle — verb Syn: disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, play down, trivialize, minimize; informal do down, pooh pooh Ant: praise, magnify … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
belittle — [[t]bɪlɪ̱t(ə)l[/t]] belittles, belittling, belittled VERB If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good. [V n] We mustn t belittle her outstanding achievement... [V n] It makes no sense to… … English dictionary
belittle — UK [bɪˈlɪt(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms belittle : present tense I/you/we/they belittle he/she/it belittles present participle belittling past tense belittled past participle belittled to say or think that someone or something is… … English dictionary
belittle — be|lit|tle [ bı lıtl ] verb transitive to say or think that someone or something is unimportant or not very good: DISPARAGE: You shouldn t belittle her achievements … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
belittle — transitive verb ( littled; belittling) Date: 1797 1. to speak slightingly of ; disparage < belittles her efforts > 2. to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less Synonyms: see decry • belittlement noun … New Collegiate Dictionary