Definition of Belittle

Belittle

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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Belittle Quotations

They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting.
Michael Jackson

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.
Ogden Nash

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
Robert Morgan

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It was created as a mystery.
Don DeLillo

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