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Definition of Belittled
1. Adjective. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth). "Her comments made me feel small"
Definition of Belittled
1. Verb. (past of belittle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belittled
1. belittle [v] - See also: belittle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belittled
Literary usage of Belittled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Impressions of My Elders by St. John Greer Ervine (1922)
"One man of merit may, indeed, belittle another man of merit, as Dr. Johnson belittled
Fielding, as George Meredith belittled Dickens, as Henry James ..."
2. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Claude Hermann Walter Johns (1904)
"If a man's wife, living in her husband's house, has persisted stains of a in
going out, has acted the fool, has wasted her house, has belittled wife § 142. ..."