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Discover LudwigThe phrase "belittled by" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English
It is typically used to describe someone or something being made to feel small, insignificant, or unimportant by another person's actions or words. Example: She felt belittled by her boss's constant criticism and micromanagement.
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And she probably felt belittled by your remark.
If Hispanic voters feel picked on, belittled by Republicans, economics will recede as an issue.
The Portuguese are proud of these venerable ancestors, but they can't help feeling belittled by them.
Ms. Liu said natives of Fuchow are often belittled by other Chinese.
All their lives they had felt not hated but belittled by England.
But the high political soap opera is belittled by the constitutional and economic implications.
The new institutions were often belittled by other departments, who regarded them as little more than vocational colleges.
McNair has been belittled by journalists who make such veiled remarks as "he cannot run an offense".
Workers at the unit complained that they were belittled by other agencies and their files were tampered with.
Publishers need to "make sure make sure there is no chance of anyone feeling belittled by these sexual categorisations.
We had hope Joan would strike out on her own after years of being belittled by men in the workplace.
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