belittled
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5.6
- adjective
- /bɪˈlɪtld/
- Despite her achievements, she often felt belittled by her colleagues during team meetings.
Examples
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Sometimes they'll be repressed, sometimes they'll be dismissed, belittled, even turned into, as we might say in our own time, commodities.
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His constant criticism belittled her efforts, making her doubt her own abilities.
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Winning the award felt rewarding, but the way he belittled my contribution left me feeling undervalued.
Synonyms
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6.1
Make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, often in front of others
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3.7
Feeling ashamed and embarrassed because people laugh at you
62
4.9
To make someone feel unimportant by saying bad things about them
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4.4
Smaller in size, strength or importance
53
4.7
Make a person or thing seem less important
52
5.0
To make someone or something seem not important
45
5.5
Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected
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6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
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4.8
Making someone feel small and unimportant
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7.8
To say bad things about someone without a good reason to make them seem less important
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4.4
Feeling less proud because something shows your limits
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7.7
To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect
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5.3
To make someone feel less proud or important
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5.1
To treat someone so they feel ashamed or less respected
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7.0
Showing a low opinion of someone or something
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4.7
Not valued or thanked for what you do
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5.2
People do not give it enough praise or thanks
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4.2
Having less worth than before, for example money, things, or a person's work
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4.8
Think something or someone is less important than they really are
3
6.2
Showing that someone or something has little value
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6.5
Make a person or thing seem less important and less valuable
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7.7
Harming someone's reputation by saying unfair or untrue things
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8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
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8.0
Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant
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8.2
Showing that someone or something is not important and often insulting them
To treat someone or something as unimportant and not worth much
To make someone feel less important or lower in social position
Antonyms
How Demeaned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Belittled comes from the prefix be- plus the word little, which originally meant 'make little'. So to belittle someone is to make them or their ideas seem smaller, less important, or worth less.