What is another word for belittles?

Pronunciation: [bɪlˈɪtə͡lz] (IPA)

Belittles is a term that describes the act of making someone or something seem small, unimportant, or insignificant. In order to convey this idea in different ways, writers and speakers often use synonyms such as minimize, underestimate, disparage, denigrate, demean, and ridicule. Each of these terms conveys a slightly different shade of meaning, but all relate to the idea of downplaying or diminishing the value or importance of a person or thing. For example, someone might minimize the achievements of a colleague in order to make themselves look better, or a political candidate might denigrate their opponent in order to win votes. Understanding these synonyms can help one to express themselves more effectively and communicate more precisely.

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Usage examples for Belittles

"It belittles her, I think.
"The Woman With The Fan"
Robert Hichens
The eye does not seem to be deceived here, as it often is in great magnitudes; it belittles nothing; it realizes to the full this strange impression of simple, hopeless bulk, immovable and pitiless as the reign of law.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
It ought, therefore, to be clearly understood that marriage simply by a "squire" or other legal officer, detracts from the sacredness and dignity of "this holy estate," and belittles the binding character of the "marriage tie."
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller

Famous quotes with Belittles

  • But where is the antidote for lucid despair, perfectly articulated, proud, and sure? All of us are miserable, but how many know it? The consciousness of misery is too serious a disease to figure in an arithmetic of agonies or in the catalogues of the Incurable. It belittles the prestige of hell, and converts the slaughterhouses of time into idyls. What sin have you committed to be born, what crime to exist? Your suffering like your fate is without motive. To suffer, truly to suffer, is to accept the invasion of ills without the excuse of causality, as a favor of demented nature, as a negative miracle. . .
    Emil Cioran

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