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(belittle)

  • 1 омаловажавам

    belittle, cry down, minimize, depreciate, undervalue, disparage, make light/little of
    (грешка и пр.) extenuate
    (вина и пр.) palliate
    омаловажавам заслугите на belittle s.o.'s services
    * * *
    омаловажа̀вам,
    гл. belittle, cry down, minimize, trivialize, depreciate, undervalue, disparage, make light/little of, play/do down; downgrade, downplay, diminish, decry; derogate; ( грешка и пр.) extenuate; ( вина и пр.) palliate; разг. pooh-pooh.
    * * *
    belittle: They омаловажавам my power. - Те омаловажават моята сила.; minimalize; debase{di`beis}; decry; depreciate; minify{`minifai}; palliate; stultify
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    1. (вина и пр.) palliate 2. (грешка и пр.) extenuate 3. belittle, cry down, minimize, depreciate, undervalue, disparage, make light/little of 4. ОМАЛОВАЖАВАМ заслугите на belittle s.o.'s services

    Български-английски речник > омаловажавам

  • 2 подценявам

    underrate, underestimate, undervalue; misjudge
    ( омаловажавам) belittle, disparage
    подценявам заслугите на някого underrate s.o.'s services, make little of s.o.'s services; not give s.o. his due
    подценявам значението на underestimate/belittle the importance/significance of
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    подценя̀вам,
    гл. underrate, underestimate, undervalue; misjudge; ( омаловажавам) belittle, disparage; deprecate; depreciate; \подценявам заслугите на някого not give s.o. his due.
    * * *
    1. ( омаловажавам)belittle, disparage 2. underrate, underestimate, undervalue;misjudge 3. ПОДЦЕНЯВАМ заслугите на някого underrate s. o.'s services, make little of s. o.'s services;not give s. o. his due 4. ПОДЦЕНЯВАМ значението на underestimate/belittle the importance/significance of

    Български-английски речник > подценявам

  • 3 принизявам

    1. bend
    2. humiliate
    3. (омаловажавам) disparage, belittle
    4. (опо-шлявам) debase, degrade, vulgarize
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    принизя̀вам,
    гл.
    1. bend;
    2. humiliate;
    3. ( омаловажавам) disparage, belittle;
    4. ( опошлявам) debase, degrade, vulgarize;
    \принизявам се descend (до to).
    * * *
    level down
    * * *
    1. (ono-шлявам) debase, degrade, vulgarize 2. (омаловажавам) disparage, belittle 3. bend 4. humiliate

    Български-английски речник > принизявам

  • 4 скромнича

    put on a modest air, behave demurely; belittle o.s.
    разг. sing small
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    скро̀мнича,
    гл., мин. св. деят. прич. скро̀мничил put on a modest air, behave demurely; belittle o.s.; разг. sing small.
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    behave demurely; understate
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    1. put on a modest air, behave demurely;belittle o.s. 2. разг. sing small

    Български-английски речник > скромнича

  • 5 омаловажа

    омаловажа̀,
    омаловажа̀вам гл. belittle, cry down, minimize, trivialize, depreciate, undervalue, disparage, make light/little of, play/do down; downgrade, downplay, diminish, decry; derogate; ( грешка и пр.) extenuate; ( вина и пр.) palliate; разг. pooh-pooh.

    Български-английски речник > омаловажа

  • 6 подценя

    подценя̀,
    подценя̀вам гл. underrate, underestimate, undervalue; misjudge; ( омаловажавам) belittle, disparage; deprecate; depreciate; \подценя заслугите на някого not give s.o. his due.

    Български-английски речник > подценя

  • 7 принизя

    принизя̀,
    принизя̀вам гл.
    1. bend;
    2. humiliate;
    3. ( омаловажавам) disparage, belittle;
    4. ( опошлявам) debase, degrade, vulgarize;
    \принизя се descend (до to).

    Български-английски речник > принизя

См. также в других словарях:

  • belittle — (v.) 1781, to make small, from BE (Cf. be ) + LITTLE (Cf. little) (v.); first recorded in writings of Thomas Jefferson (and probably coined by him), who was roundly execrated for it in England: Belittle! What an expression! It may be an elegant… …   Etymology 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 — 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

  • belittle — index cavil, condescend (patronize), contemn, decry, defame, demean (make lower), demote, denigrate …   Law dictionary

  • belittle — depreciate, disparage, derogate, detract, minimize, *decry Analogous words: underestimate, undervalue, underrate (see base words at ESTIMATE): diminish, reduce, lessen, *decrease Antonyms: aggrandize, magnify Contrasted words: *exalt: heighten,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • belittle — [v] detract bad mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size*, cut to the quick*, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, downplay, dump on*, knock*, lower, minimize, pan,… …   New thesaurus

  • belittle — ► VERB ▪ dismiss as unimportant …   English terms dictionary

  • belittle — ☆ belittle [bē lit′ l, bilit′ l ] vt. belittled, belittling [coined ( c. 1780) by JEFFERSON Thomas] to make seem little, less important, etc.; speak slightingly of; depreciate SYN. DISPARAGE belittlement n. belittler n …   English World 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 — See belittle, disparage …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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