belittler
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belittler — noun see belittle … New Collegiate Dictionary
belittler — See belittlement. * * * … Universalium
belittler — n. disparager; depreciator; one who belittles or scorns … English contemporary dictionary
belittler — be·lit·tler … English syllables
belittler — itlə(r), id.əl , itəl noun ( s) : one that belittles … Useful english dictionary
belittle — transitive verb ( littled; belittling) Date: 1797 1. to speak slightingly of ; disparage < belittles her efforts > 2. to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less Synonyms: see decry • belittlement noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
belittle — belittlement, n. belittler, n. /bi lit l/, v.t., belittled, belittling. to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage. [1775 85, Amer.; BE + LITTLE] Syn. minimize, decry, deprecate, deride,… … Universalium
censor — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, annotator, asphyxiate, belittler, black out, bleach, blip, blot out, blue pencil, bottle up, bowdlerize, cancel, captious critic, carper, caviler, censurer, choke off, clamp down on, clean up,… … Moby Thesaurus
critic — Synonyms and related words: advertising writer, aficionado, allegorist, amateur, annalist, annotator, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, art critic, author, authoress, authority, belittler, belletrist, bibliographer, bon vivant,… … Moby Thesaurus
cynic — Synonyms and related words: Cassandra, Eeyore, Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calamity howler, calumniator, caustic critic, debunker, decrier, defamer, defeatist, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, killjoy,… … Moby Thesaurus
