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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun belittling has 2 senses

• belittling(n = noun.communication) denigration - a belittling comment; Array
is a kind of depreciation, derogation, disparagement

• belittling(n = noun.act) Array - the act of belittling; Array
is a kind of disparagement, dispraise

Adjective belittling has 1 sense

• belittling(s = adj.all) deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting - tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

THESAURUS

belittling

abusive, back-biting, belittlement, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, comedown, contempt, contemptuous, contumelious, decrial, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciation, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogation, derogative, derogatory, detraction, detractory, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, disparaging, faint praise, indignity, knocking, libelous, lukewarm support, minification, minimization, minimizing, pejorative, putting down, qualification, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, sour grapes, vilifying

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