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belittled

/bɪˈlɪt.əld/

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adjective

/bɪˈlɪt.əld/B2formal
  • ruОписывает человека, которого заставили чувствовать себя менее важным или менее ценным, часто через критику или снисходительное отношение.

Describes a person who has been made to feel less important or less valuable, often through criticism or condescension.

  1. Made to feel less importantB2formal

    Feeling or being made to seem less important, valuable, or worthy.

    ruПриниженный

    • She felt belittled by her boss's constant criticism.
    • His achievements were belittled by his jealous colleagues.
    • The belittled employee eventually quit the job.

    Synonymsdegradeddiminisheddiscreditedhumiliatedscorned

    Antonymsappreciatedesteemedhonoredrespectedvalued

Forms
  • more belittled comparative form
  • most belittled superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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verb

belittle/bɪˈlɪt.əl/C1formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для выражения действия, при котором кто-то или что-то кажется менее важным или ценным, часто путем критики или пренебрежения.

A verb used to express the act of making someone or something seem less important or valuable, often by criticizing or dismissing them.

  1. Make someone feel unimportantB2formal

    To make someone or something seem less important or valuable.

    ruПринижать

    • He constantly belittles his colleagues' contributions.
    • She felt belittled by her manager's dismissive comments.
    • It's wrong to belittle someone's achievements.

    Synonymsdegradedemeandenigratedeprecatedepreciatediminishdisparagedownplayhumblehumiliateminimizeslighttrivializeunderrateundervalue

    Antonymsappreciatecommendesteemexalthonorpraiserespectvalue

  2. Criticize or disparageB2formal

    To speak of someone or something in a way that shows a lack of respect.

    ruПринижать

    • The critic belittled the artist's work in the review.
    • They belittled his efforts to improve the system.
    • Don't belittle the importance of small gestures.

    Synonymsdecrydenigratedeprecatediminishdisparagedowngrademinimizeplay downtrivializeundervalue

    Antonymsapplaudcommendcomplimentextolhonorlaudpraiserespect

Forms
  • belittled past participle
  • belittled past simple
  • belittling present participle
  • belittles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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