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Meanings of belittling in inglês

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A belittling comment.

        despectivo

        Tending to diminish or disparage.

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            Examples for "denigration"
            1
            Given what had gone before, this was a denigration of the anthem.
            The Irish Times
            2
            Trump's comments are just the most recent in a litany of denigration.
            Wired
            3
            The glamorisation of the Irish language or the denigration of Gaeltacht culture.
            The Irish Times
            4
            But even this proved sufficient cause for bitterness, resentment, and quiet denigration.
            Forge of Darkness
            5
            Stop Demand works to combat the sexual denigration of women and children.
            Radio NZ
            Usage of belittling in inglês
            1
            Ishii portrays painful humiliations to deadpan comic effect without belittling the victims.
            Reuters
            2
            He would dismiss her attempts in a most painful and belittling way.
            Caleb's crossing
            3
            I'm completely uninterested in calling someone a hoe or belittling them-mosttimes.
            Ebony
            4
            He brandished his sword against his opponents without mocking or belittling them.
            The Irish Times
            5
            Trump is not the first president to suffer such a rapid belittling.
            The Guardian
            6
            A woman must understand that she lowers herself by belittling her sisters.
            The Choice of Life
            7
            Then his voice changed to that of a man belittling his misfortunes.
            The Four Feathers
            8
            He didn't like being contradicted or interfered with while belittling his daughter.
            Big girl: a novel
            9
            Weaver Veranoa Hetet agreed and said she found the Defence Force claim belittling.
            Radio NZ
            10
            The belittling view of men in power fits best our self-esteem.
            Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863...
            11
            When Freddy didn't conform to that world view, Fred responded by belittling him.
            News.com.au
            12
            His face had shifted into intense concern, no belittling this problem.
            The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
            13
            The belittling, malicious note in Ashe's manner had been clear enough.
            The Marriage of William Ashe
            14
            When Pet told Kedzie something belittling about somebody big Kedzie felt herself enlarged.
            We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
            15
            I felt him drawing me, overcoming my hesitation, belittling my fear of ridicule.
            A Far Country — Volume 1
            16
            Why will you insist on belittling everything that you have done?
            The Firefly of France
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