belittle 音标拼音: [bɪl'ɪtəl]
vt . 轻视,使渺小
轻视,使渺小
belittle v 1 :
cause to seem less serious ;
play down ; "
Don '
t belittle his influence " [
synonym : {
minimize }, {
belittle }, {
denigrate },
{
derogate }]
2 :
express a negative opinion of ; "
She disparaged her student '
s efforts " [
synonym : {
disparage }, {
belittle }, {
pick at }] [
ant :
{
blandish }, {
flatter }]
3 :
lessen the authority ,
dignity ,
or reputation of ; "
don '
t belittle your colleagues " [
synonym : {
diminish }, {
belittle }]
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 ]
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
belittle ":
bedwarf ,
bring down ,
bring into discredit ,
bring low ,
criticize ,
cry down ,
de -
emphasize ,
debase ,
decry ,
degrade ,
denigrate ,
deprecate ,
depreciate ,
derogate ,
derogate from ,
detract from ,
diminish ,
disapprove of ,
discount ,
discredit ,
disgrace ,
disparage ,
dispraise ,
downgrade ,
downplay ,
dwarf ,
hold in contempt ,
knock ,
lessen ,
make light of ,
make little of ,
make nothing of ,
minify ,
minimize ,
misestimate ,
misprize ,
mitigate ,
play down ,
pooh -
pooh ,
put down ,
reduce ,
reflect discredit upon ,
run down ,
sell short ,
set at naught ,
set little by ,
shrug off ,
slight ,
speak ill of ,
submit to indignity ,
think little of ,
think nothing of ,
trivialize ,
underestimate ,
underplay ,
underprize ,
underrate ,
underreckon ,
undervalue ,
write off
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