- present participle of belittle.
belittling
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In 2015, she was suspended for a week after a video surfaced of her yelling at and belittling a towing company employee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In 1971, Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine, run exclusively by women, for women, and born from conversations with other women writers who’d grown exhausted with the belittling conventions and blind spots of male-dominated media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
They say Judge Philip Lancaster was belittling and intimidating and made them feel stupid while they presented their cases.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
Dr. Chernin acknowledged how stressful those conversations can be, sometimes deteriorating into finger-pointing, belittling or stonewalling.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
I think it might embarrass Stuart to hear mice mentioned in such a belittling manner.”
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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