belittling

  • 1belittling — index derogatory, disparagement, pejorative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2belittling — I noun 1. a belittling comment • Syn: ↑denigration • Derivationally related forms: ↑denigrate (for: ↑denigration) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 3Belittling — 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] …

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  • 4belittling — Synonyms and related words: abusive, back biting, belittlement, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, comedown, contempt, contemptuous, contumelious, decrial, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciation, depreciative, depreciatory,… …

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  • 5belittling — adj. causing offense, insulting, disparaging; causing to become smaller, diminishing be·lit·tle || bɪ lɪtl v. disparage; depreciate; scorn, criticize …

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  • 10pejorative — 1. adjective /pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv,pəˈdʒɔɹətɪv/ Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. Syn: derogatory, dyslogistic Ant: meliorative, eulogistic 2 …

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