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How to pronounce belittled in English?

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Synonyms diminished, small

Examples of belittled

belittled
Instead, they attacked and belittled a citizen who asked a candidate a question.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
The billionaire has been belittled for his celebrity friends and bitter lawsuits.
From the businessweek.com
I feel abused, degraded, belittled and totally inferior because of all of this.
From the adelaidenow.com.au
I often feel Wigan are somewhat belittled by media and fans across the country.
From the expressandstar.com
Get something wrong and we're shouted at, ridiculed, antagonized and belittled.
From the sfgate.com
But what if you heard a child being screamed at, berated, belittled, in public?
From the ocregister.com
He finds all subjects difficult, and is belittled by his teachers and classmates.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I'm sorry if you felt belittled, but I was annoyed that I had been misrepresented.
From the independent.co.uk
I don't want to work in an environment where people are belittled and berated.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • Minimize: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
  • Disparage: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
  • Diminish: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
  • (belittled) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"
  • Denigration: a belittling comment
  • (belittling) tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
  • To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
  • Use to make someone or something less important.
  • To speak of as having little value or worth.