Synonyms of the word

belittle

• v. To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

belittle

• v. To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

criticise

• v. To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults.
• v. To find fault (with something).

criticize

• v. To find fault (with something).
• v. To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

decrease

• v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
• n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

denigrate

• v. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
• v. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
• v. (rare) To blacken.

derogate

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To partially repeal (a law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
• v. (intransitive) To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
• adj. (archaic) debased.

diminish

• v. (transitive) To make smaller.
• v. (intransitive) To become smaller.
• v. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• v. (intransitive) To taper.
• v. (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
• v. To take away; to subtract.

disparage

• n. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
• v. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
• v. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words;…
• v. To ridicule, mock, discredit.

knock

• n. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
• n. An impact.
• n. (figuratively) criticism.
• n. (cricket) a batsman's innings.
• n. (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by…
• n. (cycling) Synonym of hunger knock.
• v. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
• v. (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
• v. (colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
• v. (soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
• v. (slang, dated, Britain) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

lessen

• v. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• v. (intransitive) To become less.

minify

• v. To make smaller.
• v. To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase…
• v. (computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to…

minimize

• v. (transitive) To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
• v. (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing…