Crossword-Solution: BELITTLING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Belittling | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Belittle |
We have 41 clues for the answer “BELITTLING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| tending to diminish or disparage | 1 answer |
| deprecatory remarks about the book | 1 answer |
| Putting someone down | 1 answer |
| Pooh-poohing | 1 answer |
| depreciatory | 34 answers |
| depreciating | 36 answers |
| taunting | 37 answers |
| Irreverent | 50 answers |
| debasing | 52 answers |
| depreciative | 52 answers |
| Vituperative. | 52 answers |
| derogative | 55 answers |
| pejorative | 56 answers |
| detracting | 56 answers |
| deprecatory | 58 answers |
| Uncultured | 60 answers |
| Curt | 65 answers |
| Disparaging | 69 answers |
| scornful | 69 answers |
| Sarcastic | 69 answers |
| Imprudent | 70 answers |
| unmannerly | 70 answers |
| Opprobrious | 71 answers |
| Insulting | 71 answers |
| Derogatory | 72 answers |
| Impudent | 72 answers |
| Derisive | 73 answers |
| Uncivilised | 73 answers |
| Discourteous | 75 answers |
| Severe | 76 answers |
| Brazen | 77 answers |
| Disdain-ful | 77 answers |
| Uncivil | 78 answers |
| Impolite | 78 answers |
| Insolent | 78 answers |
| profane | 79 answers |
| Vulgar | 81 answers |
| contemptuous | 81 answers |
| CRITICAL ___ | 83 answers |
| disrespectful | 84 answers |
| Rude | 85 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
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Sentences with BELITTLING (5)
Doesn't necessarily have the belittling connotations of mainstream slang "Oh, that's just mickey mouse stuff!"; sometimes trivial programs can be very useful.
Belittling.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
She dreaded above all the temptation to generalise from her own case, to doubt the high things she had lived by and seek a cheap solace in belittling what fate had refused her.
Miss Madge, a knocker is the strangest man known in the game, the hardest to deal with an' what every baseball manager hates most." Donahue told her that he believed the term "knocker" came originally from baseball; that in general it typified the player who strengthened his own standing by belittling the ability of his team-mates, and by enlarging upon his own superior qualities.
Were it not for the belittling effects of the distance, we felt that we might count the frost seams or the glacial scorings on every granite apron.
Quotes with BELITTLING (3)
The point is, being a Christian does not mean hating or belittling the non-Christians. Being a Muslim does not mean hating or belittling the non-Muslims. Being an Atheist does not mean hating or belittling the religious people. In a civilized society, diversity in religious orientation should be the reason for celebration, not the cause for hatred and differentiation.
People will oppose your progress. They will remind you of your past failures, belittle you, etc. The only way to stand against such opposition and belittling is to knowthe reason for your existence.
Similarly, when we denigrate our bodies — whether through neglect or staring at our faces and counting up our flaws — we are belittling a sacred site, a worship space more wonderous than the most glorious, ancient cathedral. We are standing before the Grand Canyon or the Sistine Chapel and rolling our eyes.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1978–2001).