BELITTLE
(verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
"don't belittle your colleagues"
synonyms : diminish(verb) express a negative opinion of
"She disparaged her student's efforts"
synonyms : disparage , pick atit's so easy to belittle another's work- you just dont see the effort that has gone into it. -added by diviya_inlas
(verb) cause to seem less serious; play down
"Don't belittle his influence"
synonyms : denigrate , derogate , minimize
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(Tag: Global) be+little -- be little in value, depreciate ~ In recent days the value of dollar has depreciated a lot.
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(Tag: global) be+little-->if u tell someone to 'be little',it is like deprecating them to be only 'small'
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-0 (Tag: tamil) belittle: in tamil its like saying ADANGURIYA !!!! so be little.. so ur disparaging them
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