[
UK
/bɪlˈɪtəld/
]
[ US /bɪˈɫɪtəɫd/ ]
[ US /bɪˈɫɪtəɫd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
her comments made me feel small
How To Use belittled In A Sentence
- We patronised, belittled and ignored these countries' expertise. Times, Sunday Times
- A man that don't respect his mother is lost to all decency; a man who will hear her name belittled is a Judas, and a man who will call his mother Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers
- Traditional radical actions like sit-ins, mass protest, even riots are belittled as ‘spectacles with radium half-lives’.
- You even bounced it back to me asking if I would get some type of joy in seeing Richard Dawkins 'beliefs being' belittled '. Bunny Wins!
- Though she had spent hours fixing the computer he belittled her efforts.
- Though she had spent hours fixing the computer he belittled her efforts.
- Then when they show up en masse to protest, they are again belittled as "the angry mob". Stacking the deck (Jack Bog's Blog)
- It was belittled in advance as being devoid of a single three-year-old colt of true distinction. Times, Sunday Times
- Sir Henry Royce belittled leisure activities such as golf and tennis.
- We patronised, belittled and ignored these countries' expertise. Times, Sunday Times