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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Belittle

/bĭl-ĭt'-əl/ · Be·lit·tle · IPA /bɪˈlɪt.əl/
01 v. t. To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belittling
  1. 1.
    To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.