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belittle (verb)

  • 1 belittle

    belittle [bɪ'lɪtəl]
    rabaisser, dénigrer;
    ∎ he's always belittling her work il dénigre toujours son travail;
    ∎ to belittle oneself (disparage) se déprécier; (demean) se déconsidérer (aux yeux de quelqu'un, auprès de quelqu'un);
    ∎ a belittling remark une remarque désobligeante

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  • 2 belittle

    belittle [bɪˈlɪtl]
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    [bɪ'lɪtl]
    transitive verb rabaisser [person, achievement]; déprécier [efforts]

    English-French dictionary > belittle

  • 3 belittle

    verb
    умалять, преуменьшать, принижать
    Syn:
    deprecate, depreciate, detract, discredit, disparage, minimize
    Ant:
    credit, encourage, enhance, exaggerate
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    (v) преуменьшать; преуменьшить; принижать; принизить; умалить; умалять
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    занижать, недооценивать, преуменьшать, принижать
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    [be·lit·tle || bɪ'lɪtl] v. умалять, принижать, уменьшать
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    преуменьшать
    преуменьшить
    принижать
    принизить
    умалить
    умалять
    унижать
    * * *
    занижать, недооценивать

    Новый англо-русский словарь > belittle

  • 4 belittle

    verb transitive
    കൊച്ചാക്കുക, നിസ്സാരമാക്കുക, ഇകഴ്ത്തുക

    English-Malayalam new dictionary > belittle

  • 5 belittle

    bi'litl
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) minimizar, subestimar
    tr[bɪ'lɪtəl]
    1 menospreciar, despreciar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    belittle [bɪ'lɪt̬əl] vt, - littled ; - littling
    1) disparage: menospreciar, denigrar, rebajar
    2) minimize: minimizar, quitar importancia a
    v.
    • achicar v.
    • apocar v.
    • deprimir v.
    • despreciar v.
    • empequeñecer v.
    bɪ'lɪtḷ
    transitive verb \<\<achievements\>\> menospreciar; \<\<person\>\> denigrar, rebajar

    to belittle oneself — menospreciarse, tenerse* en menos

    [bɪ'lɪtl]
    VT (=demean) menospreciar; (=minimize) quitar importancia a, minimizar
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    [bɪ'lɪtḷ]
    transitive verb \<\<achievements\>\> menospreciar; \<\<person\>\> denigrar, rebajar

    to belittle oneself — menospreciarse, tenerse* en menos

    English-spanish dictionary > belittle

  • 6 belittle

    transitive verb
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    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) herabsetzen
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    be·lit·tle
    [bɪˈlɪtl̩, AM -t̬l̩]
    vt
    ▪ to \belittle sth etw herabsetzen [o schlechtmachen]; one's successes, achievements etw schmälern
    she tends to \belittle her own efforts sie neigt dazu, ihre eigenen Bemühungen runterzuspielen
    ▪ to \belittle oneself sich akk schlechtermachen, als man ist
    * * *
    [bI'lɪtl]
    vt
    herabsetzen, heruntermachen (inf); achievement also schmälern

    to belittle oneself — sich schlechter machen, als man ist

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    1. a) verkleinern
    b) klein erscheinen lassen
    2. fig herabsetzen, schmälern:
    belittle o.s. sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen
    3. fig verharmlosen, bagatellisieren
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    transitive verb
    * * *
    v.
    erniedrigen v.
    herabsetzen v.
    niedermachen v.
    schmälern v.
    verniedlichen v.

    English-german dictionary > belittle

  • 7 belittle

    [English Word] belittle
    [Swahili Word] -rahisi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    English-Swahili dictionary > belittle

  • 8 belittle

    bi'litl
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) bagatellisere, nedvurdere
    verb \/bɪˈlɪtl\/
    bagatellisere, forkleine

    English-Norwegian dictionary > belittle

  • 9 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) bagatellisere; nedvurdere
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    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) bagatellisere; nedvurdere

    English-Danish dictionary > belittle

  • 10 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) podcenjevati
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    [bilítl]
    transitive verb
    podcenjevati, omalovaževati; zmanjšati

    English-Slovenian dictionary > belittle

  • 11 belittle

    1. v умалять; преуменьшать; принижать
    2. v уст. уменьшать
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. decry (verb) abuse; cry down; decry; depreciate; derogate; detract; detract from; diminish; discount; dispraise; downcry; downgrade; minimise; minimize; opprobriate; run down; take away; take from; talk down; write off
    2. disparage (verb) denigrate; deprecate; disparage; lower; ridicule

    English-Russian base dictionary > belittle

  • 12 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) gera lítið úr

    English-Icelandic dictionary > belittle

  • 13 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) (le)kicsinyel

    English-Hungarian dictionary > belittle

  • 14 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) minimizar
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    be.lit.tle
    [bil'itəl] vt 1 Amer depreciar, fazer parecer pequeno ou pouco importante. 2 reduzir, fazer pequeno, diminuir.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > belittle

  • 15 belittle

    v. küçültmek, alçaltmak, aşağılamak, küçümsemek, küçük görmek
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    küçült
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    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) küçültmek, küçümsemek, küçük görmek

    English-Turkish dictionary > belittle

  • 16 belittle

    • painaa villaisella
    • väheksyä
    • vähätellä
    • halveksua
    • halveksia
    • halventaa
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    bi'litl
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) vähätellä

    English-Finnish dictionary > belittle

  • 17 belittle

    [bɪ'lɪtl]
    verbo transitivo sminuire [person, achievement]
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    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) sminuire
    * * *
    [bɪ'lɪtl]
    verbo transitivo sminuire [person, achievement]

    English-Italian dictionary > belittle

  • 18 belittle

    [bɪ'lɪtl]
    vt
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    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) umniejszyć

    English-Polish dictionary > belittle

  • 19 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) noniecināt
    * * *
    noniecināt

    English-Latvian dictionary > belittle

  • 20 belittle

    [bi'litl]
    (to make to seem unimportant (usually by harsh criticism): She belittled his achievements.) (su)menkinti

    English-Lithuanian dictionary > belittle

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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

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