Definition for Belittling:

• tending to diminish or disparage; " belittling comments"; " managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; " deprecatory remarks about the book"; " a slighting remark"

Synonyms for Belittling:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • deprecating.
  •critical (adjective)
  • sharp-tongued,
  • calumniatory.

• n.

  •belittling (noun)
  • denigration.

• v.

  •cheapening (verb)
  • degrading,
  • trimming,
  • deflating,
  • reducing,
  • shaving,
  • depreciating,
  • paring,
  • marking down,
  • devaluing,
  • cutting,
  • Cheapening,
  • debasing,
  • Discounting,
  • diminishing,
  • slashing,
  • devaluating.
  •shortening (verb)
  • condensing,
  • Compacting,
  • Abridging,
  • shortening,
  • lowering,
  • clipping.
  •underestimating (verb)
  • undervaluing,
  • underestimating.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • scorn,
  • depreciation,
  • minimizing,
  • condemnatory,
  • downgrading,
  • Objurgatory,
  • uppish,
  • disregarding,
  • presumptuous,
  • Squashing,
  • snotty,
  • denunciative,
  • insulting,
  • libel,
  • uppity,
  • individual,
  • proud,
  • libelous,
  • derisive,
  • la-de-da,
  • denigrating,
  • intimate,
  • attack,
  • Besmirching,
  • Dwarfing,
  • scurrilous,
  • vain,
  • Aspersing,
  • Light-hearted,
  • Smearing,
  • sarcastic,
  • disgrace,
  • indignity,
  • high-handed,
  • pejorative,
  • Discrediting,
  • derisory,
  • Flouting,
  • disdainful,
  • Decrying,
  • haughty,
  • overweening,
  • stuck-up,
  • patronizing,
  • hifalutin,
  • derogation,
  • Pecking,
  • criticizing,
  • Vilifying,
  • offhand,
  • pretentious,
  • Maligning,
  • overbearing,
  • condescending,
  • condemning,
  • offensive,
  • Scurrile,
  • lah-di-dah,
  • hoity-toity,
  • dismissive,
  • vilification,
  • swelled-headed,
  • underrating,
  • invective,
  • unfriendly,
  • sardonic,
  • qualification,
  • thersitical,
  • Abasing,
  • biting,
  • disapproval,
  • scandalous,
  • superficial,
  • deprecation,
  • adverse,
  • Detractory,
  • denigrative,
  • calumnious,
  • calumny,
  • Castigatory,
  • back-biting,
  • swollen-headed,
  • bitchy,
  • libellous,
  • self-satisfied,
  • Disdaining,
  • jocular,
  • criticism,
  • sprinkling,
  • personal,
  • Aspersive,
  • foul,
  • self-important,
  • contempt,
  • ridicule,
  • minimization,
  • abusive,
  • on high horse,
  • condemnation,
  • censorious,
  • flippant,
  • contumelious,
  • malign,
  • aspersion,
  • egotistical,
  • thoughtless,
  • belittlement,
  • conceited,
  • sour grapes,
  • superior,
  • putting down,
  • snooty,
  • snobbish,
  • derision,
  • denunciatory,
  • disparagement,
  • detraction,
  • supercilious,
  • dispraise,
  • highfalutin,
  • pompous,
  • Decrial,
  • shallow,
  • damning,
  • contemptuous,
  • Mitigating,
  • Detracting,
  • denigratory,
  • opprobrious,
  • slanderous,
  • vituperative,
  • arrogant,
  • Ridiculing,
  • Affronting,
  • overcritical,
  • smug,
  • acid,
  • disparaging,
  • unserious,
  • defamatory,
  • comedown,
  • knocking,
  • scoffing,
  • despising,
  • imperious,
  • abuse,
  • facetious,
  • toffee-nosed,
  • Derogating,
  • defamation,
  • slander,
  • demeaning,
  • catty,
  • la-di-da,
  • Sullying,
  • lofty,
  • complacent,
  • harsh,
  • withering,
  • frivolous.

Paraphrases for Belittling:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Ignoring, disregarding, diminishing, Neglecting, Halving, overlooking, reducing, cutting.

Antonyms for Belittling:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    sympathetic, complimentary, Laudative, friendly, respectful, unmalicious, warmhearted, warm, kind, adulatory, laudatory, admiring, positive, appreciative, kindhearted, kindly, approving.

Hyponym for Belittling:

• n.

  • act
    dispraise, disparagement.
  • communication
    depreciation, disparagement, derogation.