Synonyms for "belittle": disparage, denigrate, minimize, undervalue, depreciate, diminish, downplay, discount, deflate, derogate, trivialize, pooh-pooh, scorn, slight, underestimate, mock, discredit, impugn, reject, rebuff, snub, understate, abase, debase, degrade, demote, humiliate, reduce, attenuate, curtail, retard, abbreviate, summarize, epitomize, abstract, digest, compress, capsulize, syncopate, constrict, narrow, confine, abridge, contract, lessen, weaken, erode, wear away, shrivel, wither, dwarf, stunt, retract, flatten, condense, abate, shrink, de-escalate, drop, descend, fall, plunge, lower, step down, decrease, dive, nudge, tap, hint, cite, allude, refer, mention, imply, indicate, point out, make reference to, insinuate, hint at, suggest, remind, elucidate, annotate, expound, demonstrate, specify, exemplify, illustrate, spell out, flesh out, explicate, delineate, depict, unfold, describe, detail, analyze, clarify, exaggerate, falsify, misrepresent, overestimate, magnify, overplay, misstate, misquote, misreport, fabricate, distort, pervert, deceive, manipulate, con, defraud, dupe, hoodwink, bamboozle, snow, beguile, swindle, stymie, fool, circumvent, mislead, deafen, befuddle, uglify, disfigure, soil, tarnish, corrupt, violate, blemish, taint, mar, ruin, damage, defile, pollute, despoil, waste, render, warp, perplex, confuse, muddy, blur, vex, irritate, provoke, chafe, nettle, worry, harass, pester, hound, goad, beleaguer, annoy, torment, plague, tantalise, fret, disappoint, discourage, exasperate, rile, hackle, rankle, gall, rub up the wrong way, nag, frazzle, aggravate, infuriate, arouse, incite, spur, fire, excite, peeve, needle, badger, inflame, worsen, intensify, heighten, sharpen, exacerbate, kindle, foment, stimulate, touch off, fan, augment, increase, accelerate, encourage, promote, strengthen, raise, stir up, add insult to injury, rehearse, enumerate, name, instance, quote, reiterate, recap, rehash, parrot, recite, relate, repeat, resound, echo, iterate, trot out, go over, work over, recount, relay, recapitulate, stipulate, report, list, reproduce, reenact, replay, restage, remake, retell, interpret, translate, rephrase, paraphrase, express, simplify, define, encapsulate, portray, unsay, disclaim, withdraw, recant, renege, revoke, take back, back down, eat crow, leave in the lurch, disavow, deny, abjure, rescind, nullify, offset, counteract, compromise, overrule, override, quash, recall, reverse, countermand, negate, obliterate, abrogate, supersede, void, invalidate, annul, repeal, cancel, strike, blot out, de-emphasize, gloss over, play down, soft-pedal, brush aside, belittle, soft-soap, whitewash, vindicate, exculpate, exonerate, absolve, acquit, clear, justify, defend, uphold, support, sustain, authenticate, verify, validate, confirm, ratify, attest, certify, substantiate, prove, corroborate, warrant, sanction, undermine, defame, malign, asperse, vilify, slander, libel, traduce, smear, calumniate, slur, scathe, pillory, condemn, censure, reprimand, chastise, rebuke, berate, reproach, excoriate, castigate, lambaste, admonish, chide, upbraid, bawl out, dress down, tick off, tell off, take to task, give a piece of one's mind, give someone a roasting, come down on, skin alive, roast, scold, impoverish, bereft, fleeced, penurious, destitute, indigent, skint, penniless, poor, bankrupt, insolvent, overdrawn, short, deprived, scant, deficient, wanting, without, bereaved, barren, impoverished, effete, exhausted, wasted, seedy, bleak, bare, raw, sterile, inadequate, scanty, sparse, limited, restricted, exiguous, meager, paltry, stingy, miserly, parsimonious, frugal, spare, austere, basic, simple, natural, unaffected, plain, homely, unpretentious, modest, humble, demure, repressed, abject, lowly, mean, base, ignoble, sordid, shameful, depraved, degenerate, vile, wretched, pitiful, pathetic, contemptible, despicable, abhorrent, odious, revolting, disgusting, repugnant, loathsome, nauseating, sickening, offensive, outrageous, heinous, atrocious, egregious, flagrant, ghastly, horrendous, abominable, vicious, brutal, savage, inhuman, merciless, ruthless, cruel, callous, heartless, soulless, evil, malevolent, baleful, sinister, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, hellish, execrable, mean-spirited, cheap, shabby, skanky, rickety, shoddy, tacky, tatty, threadbare, dowdy, unkempt, unseemly, scruffy, grimy, smutty, lousy, grotty, yucky, gross, repulsive, detestable, awful, horrible, terrible, frightful, dreadful, dire, grim, severe, stern, harsh, stark, dreary, dismal, somber, mournful, forlorn, desolate, dejected, depressed, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, woeful, heartbroken, crestfallen, downcast, melancholy, pensive, lugubrious, dolorous, plaintive, querulous, peevish, petulant, irascible, choleric, bilious, irritable, fractious, testy, touchy, cranky, cantankerous, crotchety, churlish, surly, gruff, brusque, taciturn, reticent, reserved, aloof, distant, remote, stilted, stuffy, formal, ceremonious, pompous, pretentious, ostentatious, grandiose, bombastic, fustian, turgid, inflated, magniloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, declamatory, prolix, verbose, garrulous, loquacious, voluble, effusive, sentimental, maudlin, saccharine, treacly, sappy, silly, foolish, asinine, ludicrous, preposterous, absurd, grotesque, bizarre, eccentric, peculiar, strange, odd, weird, queer, kooky, wacky, nutty, balmy, crazy, daft, dotty, loony, mad, insane, deranged, demented, maniacal, psychotic, neurotic, hysterical, delirious, frenetic, frantic, raging, furious, livid, wrathful, indignant, resentful, aggrieved, wronged, irritated, annoyed, exasperated, vexed, fretful, edgy, uptight, stressed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, shy, bashful, coy, diffident, unassertive, meek, submissive, servile, obsequious, sycophantic, fawning, ingratiating, unctuous, fulsome, oily, smarmy, obnoxious, hateful, objectionable, unpleasant, disagreeable, unsavory, unpalatable, distasteful, nasty, foul, rotten, putrid, fetid, rank, rancid, musty, moldy, wormy, tainted, contaminated, adulterated, bastardized, perverted, twisted, deviant, dissolute, licentious, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, salacious, obscene, vulgar, bawdy, ribald, coarse, crude, raunchy, earthy, animal, bestial, brutish, feral, wild, uncivilized, barbarous, uncouth, boorish, loutish, uncivil, discourteous, impolite, ill-mannered, insolent, impertinent, cheeky, saucy, pert, fresh, uppish, conceited, arrogant, haughty, affected, showy, gaudy, crass, inelegant, awkward, ungainly, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, ill-suited, unbecoming, inappropriate, unfortunate, bungling, ham-fisted, inept, unskilled, untalented, incompetent, inefficient, feeble, weak, fragile, frail, delicate, tender, infirm, decrepit, ramshackle, dilapidated, shaky, unsound, flimsy, tenuous, trifling, trivial, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, secondary, peripheral, inessential, extraneous, superfluous, redundant, unnecessary, gratuitous, pointless, futile, vain, fruitless, abortive, stillborn, impotent, frigid, unresponsive, apathy, indifference, unconcerned, impassive, cold, detached, unfeeling, unsympathetic, malicious, wicked.