Need another word that means the same as “belittle”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “belittle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Belittle” are: denigrate, derogate, minimize, disparage, pick at, diminish, run down, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, trivialize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “belittle” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| denigrate | Criticize unfairly; disparage. Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country. |
| deprecate | Express strong disapproval of; deplore. The teacher should not deprecate his student s efforts. |
| depreciate | Disparage or belittle (something. The latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year. |
| derogate | Deviate from (a set of rules or agreed form of behaviour. This does not derogate from his duty to act honestly and faithfully. |
| diminish | Cause to seem less impressive or valuable. The new law is expected to diminish the government s chances. |
| disparage | Express a negative opinion of. She disparaged her student s efforts. |
| downgrade | Reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled. |
| make light of | Appear to begin an activity. |
| minimize | Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree. The aim is to minimize costs. |
| pick at | Pay for something. |
| play down | Behave carelessly or indifferently. |
| run down | Run with the ball; in such sports as football. |
| treat lightly | Provide with choice or abundant food or drink. |
| trivialize | Make trivial or insignificant. Don t trivialize the seriousness of the issue. |
| underestimate | Assign too low a value to. He had underestimated the new President. |
| underrate | Underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something. They vastly underrate their own players. |
| undervalue | Lose in value. The company s assets were undervalued in its balance sheet. |
| abase | Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone. I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees. |
| debase | Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The King was forced to debase the coinage. |
| decomposition | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action. The decomposition of organic waste. |
| decry | Publicly denounce. They decried human rights abuses. |
| defamation | The action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel. She sued him for defamation. |
| defame | Charge falsely or with malicious intent. The journalists have defamed me. |
| degradation | The condition or process of degrading or being degraded. A trail of human misery and degradation. |
| degrade | Break down or deteriorate chemically. Vast areas of natural habitats have been degraded. |
| demean | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. Good potential MPs would not demean themselves by setting out to acquire popularity. |
| demote | Move (someone) to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment. The head of the army was demoted to deputy defence secretary. |
| denigrate | Criticize unfairly; disparage. Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country. |
| deprecation | A prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster. |
| deprecatory | Tending to diminish or disparage. Deprecatory remarks about the book. |
| derogate | Deviate from (a set of rules or agreed form of behaviour. It is typical of him to derogate the powers of reason. |
| derogatory | Expressive of low opinion. Derogatory comments. |
| disgrace | Cause (someone) to fall from favour or a position of power or honour. He s a disgrace to the legal profession. |
| disparage | Regard or represent as being of little worth. She disparaged her student s efforts. |
| downgrade | The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends. Downgrades by debt rating agencies outnumber upgrades by five to one. |
| humiliate | Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. You ll humiliate me in front of the whole school. |
| humiliation | State of disgrace or loss of self-respect. He fought back tears of humiliation. |
| infamy | An evil or wicked act. An act of infamy. |
| mortify | Practice self-denial of one’s body and appetites. Mortify the flesh. |
| opprobrium | A state of extreme dishonor- F.D.Roosevelt. The name was a by word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city. |
| permafrost | A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains below freezing point throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions. Hilly terrain underlain by permafrost. |
| relegate | Expel, as if by official decree. She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues. |
| shame | Make someone feel ashamed. She shamed him into making amends. |
| slander | Make false and damaging statements about (someone. He is suing the TV company for slander. |
| smirch | A blemish made by dirt. The window was smirched by heat and smoke. |
| stultify | Cause (someone) to appear foolish or absurd. Nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself. |
| sully | United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872. Sully someone s reputation. |
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