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belittling
(encz) | belittling,snižující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Belittling
(gcide) | Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Belittling.]
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a
depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson.
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belittling
(wn) | belittling
adj 1: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
"managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";
"deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting
remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative,
deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
slighting]
n 1: a belittling comment [syn: denigration, belittling]
2: the act of belittling |
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Belittling
(gcide) | Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Belittling.]
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a
depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson.
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