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belittle
verb as in detract
Strong matches
deprecate, depreciate, derogate, diminish, discount, downgrade, knock, lower, minimize, pan, rip, roast, slam, smear, trivialize, underrate, undervalue
Weak matches
bad-mouth, cut down to size, cut to the quick, dispraise, dump on, pooh pooh, poor-mouth, put down, run down, scoff at, shoot down, shoot full of holes, sneer at, take a swipe at, take down, take down a peg, tear down, write off
Example Sentences
What he belittles as intramural squabbling is the difficult and necessary work of moral and political hygiene for the conservative movement—and the country.
Others believe it is a misguided venture and sets up an opportunity for women's tennis to be belittled if Sabalenka loses.
Others believe it is a misguided venture - organised by the Evolve agency which the players both share - and sets up an opportunity for women's sport to be belittled if Sabalenka is beaten by Kyrgios.
The compact pushes schools to begin “transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”
Examples include “fostering a vibrant marketplace of ideas” and “abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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