Belittler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Belittler is a noun meaning One who belittles.
Meaning
One who belittles.
Example Sentences
“I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jack-asses, the empty-minded belittlers? […]”
He thought out his brisk repartees purely for his own satisfaction and at leisure, and would have blushed to answer his belittlers in the open.
The very thrill of joy that went through the land when it was announced that the devoted and intrepid Schliemann had found at Mycena an Aladin’s cave of Homeric heroes and treasures and evidences, ought to be a significant warning to all misbelievers and belittlers of history.
Word Forms
- belittlers
Synonyms for belittler
Depending on context, synonyms include patronizer, infantilizer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rubbisher, humiliator, demeaner, slighter, ridiculer, belcher.
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