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belittles
verb as in detract
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Example Sentences
Sunny Shell, a blogger for Christian Post says the movie “belittles Christians.”
Robert belittles and abuses Cersei, both physically and emotionally.
Centuries later, the term "self-depreciating" was coined to describe speech that belittles or humbles oneself.
And the Republican Party should give voice to genuine outrage when anyone belittles the humanity of another person.
Anyone within the Republican Party who belittles the power of videos such as these is fighting a losing battle.
I would not count his beautiful talent at less than its rare worth, and if this figure belittles that, it does him wrong.
It belittles their minds—thank fortune, that making kindling wood of the characters of other people does do this!
It is said that the Roman belittles things, that he is an easy despiser.
The ancient prophets were idealists, preachers of the Spirit as opposed to the form that cramps and belittles.
The physical universe belittles us on one side only; it makes a pigmy of the body.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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