BELITTLE, BELITTLED
ADJECTIVES
1669 — CRIED-DOWN belittled, disparaged → obs.
VERBS
1340 — LOW to belittle; to disparage, to discredit → obs.
1400 — IMMINISH to belittle; to diminish → obs.
1575 — DIMINUTE to belittle, to disparage, to put down, to degrade, to humiliate
1657 — DE-AMPLE to belittle; to deprive of amplitude → obs.
1728 — SUBSTRACT to belittle, to disparage → obs.
1743 — LOW-RATE to belittle; to disparage, to depreciate; to demean → chiefly African-American usage
1844 — DOWNCRY to belittle; to disparage a person or thing; to cry down
1959 — DOWN-TALK to belittle; to disparage; to criticize → chiefly US
1960 — SHOOT ON to belittle; to insult; to verbally attack → African-American sl.
1970 — SHOOT JOKES ON ONE to belittle someone in a jocular manner → African-American sl.
1993 — BLAIR OUT — BLARE OUT to criticize, to denigrate, to belittle → UK sl.
1997 — COAT to belittle someone; to defeat someone with words → UK sl.
2006 — DISS to belittle someone; to show disrespect for someone → US sl. (Bk.)
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