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be belittled
verb
To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.
Exact(34)
But the improvement should not be belittled.
Even there, she continued to be belittled.
Women will be belittled, undermined and shown no respect.
Allowing students to express their views is not to be belittled.
But the charm is still there, and it shouldn't be belittled.
She feels the legitimate concerns of the young can still be belittled.
Similar(20)
"That would be belittling what war really is".
Valentine told Hamilton during the game that he did not mean to be belittling.
There is no more corrosive verbal poison than anti-Americanism, unless it be belittling the Brits.
"We have been belittled, bullied and betrayed by this administration".
AMY DAVIDSON: It hasn't been belittled in all quarters.
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