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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 belittling
      adj : tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
            "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";
            "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting
            remark" [syn: deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory,
             depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]
      n 1: a belittling comment [syn: denigration]
      2: the act of belittling