BELITTLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does belittling mean? 

• BELITTLING (noun)
  The noun BELITTLING has 2 senses:

1. a belittling comment

2. the act of belittling

  Familiarity information: BELITTLING used as a noun is rare.

• BELITTLING (adjective)
  The adjective BELITTLING has 1 sense:

1. tending to diminish or disparage

  Familiarity information: BELITTLING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELITTLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A belittling comment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

belittling; denigration

Hypernyms ("belittling" is a kind of...):

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of belittling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("belittling" is a kind of...):

disparagement; dispraise (the act of speaking contemptuously of)

• BELITTLING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to diminish or disparage

Synonyms:

belittling; deprecating; deprecative; deprecatory; depreciative; depreciatory; slighting

Context example:

a slighting remark

Similar:

uncomplimentary (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)