Word parts

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be- + little

Pronunciation

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Plain form
belittle

Third-person singular
belittles

Past tense
belittled

Past participle
belittled

Present participle
belittling

  1. (transitive) If you belittle something, you say things that makes it less important than it actually is.
    John's colleagues dislikes him as he likes to belittle them.
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