Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Belittling}.] To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson.
Buthelezi said Sisulu's action was a snub to the Zulu people and an attempt to belittle their history.
Thwarting a judge's order, even one suspect on its merits, would be a serious crime, which we don't wish to belittle.
Windhoek Regional Court Judge J.S. Verwey ruled Tuesday that Scott Stanley, head of the conservative American Press International, was guilty of violating a law that makes it a crime to "insult, disparage or belittle," the election commission.
"We are not near any solution," Denktash said. "The main fundamental difficulties exist and no one can belittle them.
Time Inc. intends to become a major player in basic cable television programming, says the media giant's chairman, who also took a few jabs at broadcasters who have tried to belittle the medium.
Saleh praised those legislators who voted against the sanctions move. "We see those who belittle us as the minutest and meanest of creatures," he said.