Belittle
verb
To make somebody or something seem unimportant.
He belittled his brother's achievements in front of their parents.
Often appears as...
- belittle someone's achievements
- belittle someone's efforts
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Disapproving
verb
To make somebody or something seem unimportant.
He belittled his brother's achievements in front of their parents.
Often appears as...
- belittle someone's achievements
- belittle someone's efforts
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'belittle' suggests a critical and dismissive attitude towards someone or something.
His speech seemed to belittle the importance of the event.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Personal
'Belittle' can often be personal, aiming to make someone feel less competent or valued.
The coach's harsh words belittled the player's confidence.
Pro Tip 3/3Psychological Impact
The act of belittling can have a harmful psychological effect on the receiver.
Constantly being belittled at work affected her self-esteem.
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How racism harms...
Every member of her team, and every moment a women is at her clinic, is as supportive as possible. No one is turned away due to lack of funds. The JJ Way is to make the finances work no matter what the hurdles. No one is chastised for showing up late to their appointments. No one is talked down to or belittled.
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3 ways to be a better...
and they are being belittled, they are being interrupted, do something, say something. Invite underrepresented people to speak. And say no to panels without underrepresented speakers. Refer someone for a job and encourage them to take that job and to take new opportunities.
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Laura Boushnak: For...
I saw how she was longing to gain control over her simple daily routines, small details that we take for granted, from counting money at the market to helping her kids in homework. Despite her poverty and her community's mindset, which belittles women's education,
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Why being respectful to...
I study the effects of incivility on people. What is incivility? It's disrespect or rudeness. It includes a lot of different behaviors, from mocking or belittling someone to teasing people in ways that sting to telling offensive jokes
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How to be your best self...
scared and what we need to do is we need to not try to away with fear but rather to reach inside ourselves and to find the courage and I think there is a message for our times which is not to try rush aside or belittle or judge
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The legend of Annapurna,...
physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Yet a rift had grown between these two formidable forces. While Parvati sustained daily life with care and control, Shiva had begun to belittle his wife’s essential work—
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How Moms Shape The World...
who, to this day, are disrespected, denied paid leave, pushed out of their jobs, facing biases in health care systems, are victims of abuse, are mistreated and belittled, and who are being forgotten and erased.
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The uncomplicated truth...
We live in a culture that seems obsessed with sex. We use it to sell everything. We tell women that looking sexy is one of the most important things you can do. But what we really do is we belittle sex.
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Rediscovering ourselves...
cannot understand or embrace we either belittle or we fear and that which we fear we inevitably destroy now get done you and I know that we have to live differently but could it be that we
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Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...
difficult folks to see they're obviously old little black dots a whole host of them to belittle Swift's or black
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How racism harms...
Every member of her team, and every moment a women is at her clinic, is as supportive as possible. No one is turned away due to lack of funds. The JJ Way is to make the finances work no matter what the hurdles. No one is chastised for showing up late to their appointments. No one is talked down to or belittled.
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3 ways to be a better...
and they are being belittled, they are being interrupted, do something, say something. Invite underrepresented people to speak. And say no to panels without underrepresented speakers. Refer someone for a job and encourage them to take that job and to take new opportunities.
Video examples
Laura Boushnak: For...
I saw how she was longing to gain control over her simple daily routines, small details that we take for granted, from counting money at the market to helping her kids in homework. Despite her poverty and her community's mindset, which belittles women's education,
Video examples
Why being respectful to...
I study the effects of incivility on people. What is incivility? It's disrespect or rudeness. It includes a lot of different behaviors, from mocking or belittling someone to teasing people in ways that sting to telling offensive jokes
Video examples
How to be your best self...
scared and what we need to do is we need to not try to away with fear but rather to reach inside ourselves and to find the courage and I think there is a message for our times which is not to try rush aside or belittle or judge
Video examples
The legend of Annapurna,...
physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Yet a rift had grown between these two formidable forces. While Parvati sustained daily life with care and control, Shiva had begun to belittle his wife’s essential work—
Video examples
How Moms Shape The World...
who, to this day, are disrespected, denied paid leave, pushed out of their jobs, facing biases in health care systems, are victims of abuse, are mistreated and belittled, and who are being forgotten and erased.
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The uncomplicated truth...
We live in a culture that seems obsessed with sex. We use it to sell everything. We tell women that looking sexy is one of the most important things you can do. But what we really do is we belittle sex.
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
cannot understand or embrace we either belittle or we fear and that which we fear we inevitably destroy now get done you and I know that we have to live differently but could it be that we
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 69 PIPE...
difficult folks to see they're obviously old little black dots a whole host of them to belittle Swift's or black
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Yossi Ghinsberg
Israeli Entertainer
Despite the natural belittling of one's self, the doubts, the insecurities, we have to wake up to the realisation that we all write our own autobiography, we are the authors of our life story. Realising that, write a good story with your life and make sure to write yourself as the protagonist. Be the hero of your journey.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some festivals. Often blown off or belittled by critics, the form for the most part goes unheard and unnoticed.
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian Designer
Many are ready, when listening to the inventor, to belittle and deny his achievements so that he will no longer be heard in honourable places, but after some months or a year, they use the inventor's words in speech or writing or design.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.
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Katharine Graham
American Businesswoman
My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.
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Milan Kundera
Czechoslovakian Writer
No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
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Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.
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Martin Scorsese
American Director
Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?
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Owen Feltham
British Author
There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Yossi Ghinsberg
Israeli Entertainer
Despite the natural belittling of one's self, the doubts, the insecurities, we have to wake up to the realisation that we all write our own autobiography, we are the authors of our life story. Realising that, write a good story with your life and make sure to write yourself as the protagonist. Be the hero of your journey.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
One of the most prevalent and undermentioned genres of music is what is known as noise. You can find it all over the world happening in basements, small venues and even some festivals. Often blown off or belittled by critics, the form for the most part goes unheard and unnoticed.
Quote examples
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian Designer
Many are ready, when listening to the inventor, to belittle and deny his achievements so that he will no longer be heard in honourable places, but after some months or a year, they use the inventor's words in speech or writing or design.
Quote examples
L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
Christlike communications are expressed in tones of love rather than loudness. They are intended to be helpful rather than hurtful. They tend to bind us together rather than to drive us apart. They tend to build rather than to belittle.
Quote examples
Rachel Nichols
American Actress
I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.
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Katharine Graham
American Businesswoman
My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.
Quote examples
Milan Kundera
Czechoslovakian Writer
No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
Quote examples
Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
I honed my passion for acting in theatre and education, and I think it's important not to belittle the child audience.
Quote examples
Martin Scorsese
American Director
Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?
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Owen Feltham
British Author
There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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