Meaning of BELITTLING

Pronunciation:			bul'ituling
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the act of belittling [n]  a belittling comment [adj]  tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
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	Synonyms:		denigration, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting, uncomplimentary
	See Also:		depreciation, derogation, disparagement, disparagement, dispraise
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		abusive, back-biting, belittlement, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, comedown, contempt, contemptuous, contumelious, decrial, defamatory, deprecatory, depreciation, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogation, derogative, derogatory, detraction, detractory, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, disparaging, faint praise, indignity, knocking, libelous, lukewarm support, minification, minimization, minimizing, pejorative, putting down, qualification, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, sour grapes, vilifying