Definition of Belittles

1. Verb. (third-person singular of belittle) ¹

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Definition of Belittles

1. belittle [v] - See also: belittle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belittles

belimumab
belinkedness
belinostat
beliquor
beliquored
beliquoring
beliquors
belirt
belitter
belittle
belittled
belittlement
belittlements
belittler
belittlers
belittles (current term)
belittling
belittlingly
belive
beliven
belives
beliving
belk
belked
belking
belkovite
belks
bell
bell-bearer
bell-bearers

Literary usage of Belittles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theology and the Social Consciousness: A Study of the Relations of the by Henry Churchill King (1902)
"... neither an empty negation nor pantheism can ever satisfy it. 3. belittles the Personal in Man.—The false mysticism, moreover, belittles the personal in ..."

2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"The woman who belittles her home. The woman who degrades her home. Of course first, there is the woman who dignifies her home. • THE WOMAN WHO NEGLECTS НЕЕ ..."

3. Oral English: Directions and Exercises for Planning and Delivering the by John Marks Brewer (1916)
"The Monroe Doctrine has ceased to be a benefit to the American republics, for T. It belittles them in the eyes of other nations. 2. ..."

4. The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher: A Journal of Education by Ohio State Teachers Association (1887)
"We often hear it said that teaching school belittles a man and sours a woman. To this we take exception, and say that it is the ' narrow school-keeper' that ..."

5. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain (1896)
"a Power whose dominion overshadows and belittles earthly empire as earthly empire overshadows and belittles the pomps ..."

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