| ADJECTIVE | all | belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting | tending to diminish or disparage |
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| NOUN | communication | belittling, denigration | a belittling comment |
| act | belittling | the act of belittling |
| Sounds | bihlih'tahlihng; bihlih'tlihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | tending to diminish or disparage. | |
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| Example | "belittling comments" | |
| Synonyms | deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting | |
| Broader | uncomplimentary | tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage |
| Spanish | desaprobatorio, reprobatorio | |
| Catalan | desaprobatori, reprobatori | |
| Meaning | A belittling comment. | |
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| Synonym | denigration | |
| Broader | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| Spanish | denigración, despectivo, maledicencia | |
| Meaning | The act of belittling. | |
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| Broader | disparagement, dispraise | The act of speaking contemptuously of |
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