belittle
— Verb
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～ lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
belittle
— Verb
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～ cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
belittle
— Verb
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～ express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
belittled
— Adjective
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～ made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"
belittling
— Adjective
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～ tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
belittling
— Noun
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～ a belittling comment
belittling
— Noun
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～ the act of belittling
Belize
— Noun
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～ a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control
bell
— Verb
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～ attach a bell to; "bell cows"
Alexander Bell
— Noun
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～ United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
alarm bell
— Noun
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～ the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)
angelus bell
— Noun
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～ the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited
bell
— Noun
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～ a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
Bell
— Noun
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～ United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
bell
— Noun
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～ the flared opening of a tubular device
bell apple
— Noun
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～ the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
Bell
— Noun
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～ a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
bell
— Noun
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～ (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
bell
— Noun
– English
～ a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed