Don't let someone belittle you because your vocabulary does not include words that are rarely used.
Belittle
To belittle something or someone is to make it downgrade or depreciate it's importance. For example, Miss Smith was suspended after reports that she would often belittle her students.
Praise, encourage, compliment...
The prefix be- indicates thoroughness or completion of treatment, as in bespeak or besiege, or an action that causes a condition to exist e.g. belittle, befriend, besmirch.
Mother will berate us for stealing this candy.
Canditates from public office may resort to negative adds that belittle their opponents' record.
He belittled her when she didn't get the right answer.
There is no need to belittle a student in front of the whole class. He criticizes his wife's every move and belittles her daily.
Sally belittled John for his foolish actions.
Candidates for public office may resort to negative ads that belittle theropponents' records.
Belittle is being little.
parents should not belittle their kids ;)
Belittle
The verb of little is belittle. As in "to belittle something or someone".
to belittle = herabsetzen to belittle = herabwürdigen
His words caused her abase. Abase means to belittle or degrade someone else with the way you are behaving towards that person.
To belittle something or someone is to make it downgrade or depreciate it's importance. For example, Miss Smith was suspended after reports that she would often belittle her students.