See belittle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Don't belittle your colleagues.",
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"ref": "1941 March, “Notes and News: Underestimating the Enemy's Strength”, in Railway Magazine, page 129:",
"text": "An essential part of any German campaign is obviously the efficiency of its lines of communication and therefore it is dangerous to belittle our enemy's strength in this direction.",
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{
"ref": "2006, Mark Steyn, chapter 9, in America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, →ISBN, page 201:",
"text": "Under the rules as understood by the New York Times, the West is free to mock and belittle its Judeo-Christian inheritance, and, likewise, the Muslim world is free to mock and belittle the West's Judeo-Christian inheritance.",
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"To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation."
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"(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation."
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"word": "make light of"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "bagatellize"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaḡḡara",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "صَغَّرَ"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtaqara",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "اِحْتَقَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nvazecʻnel",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "նվազեցնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasecʻnel",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "պակասեցնել"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "omalovažavam",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "омаловажавам"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menysprear"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menystenir"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menystindre"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "貶低"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎndī",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "贬低"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "輕視"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "to look down on",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngshì",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "轻视"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "shazovat"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "bagatelizovat"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "kleineren"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"english": "more destructive",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "afkraken"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "vähätellä"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "déprécier"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "rabaisser"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menosprezar"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "schmälern"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "herabsetzen"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"word": "verniedlichen"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "lekicsinyel"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "bagatellizál"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "elbagatellizál"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "sminuire"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "anadoru",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "侮る"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "keishi suru",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "軽視する"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "waishōka suru",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "矮小化する"
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"roman": "omalovažuva",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "омаловажува"
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "ikaḻttuka",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "ഇകഴ്ത്തുക"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "koccākkuka",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"word": "കൊച്ചാക്കുക"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "tānoa"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "nedvurdere"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "fornedre"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "bagatellisere"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "denigrar"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "mespresar"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "despreciar"
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "rebaissar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
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"word": "lekceważyć"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"word": "bagatelizować"
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"word": "zbagatelizować"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "depreciar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "deprecia"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "minimaliza"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "zanižátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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],
"word": "занижа́ть"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "prinižátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "принижа́ть"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "preumenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "преуменьша́ть"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "umaljátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "умаля́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nedoocénivatʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "недооце́нивать"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menospreciar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "minimizar"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "disminuir"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "empequeñecer"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "förringa"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "förminska"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "maliit (maliitin)"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "küçümsemek"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prynýžuvaty",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "прини́жувати"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
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"roman": "prynýzyty",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прини́зити"
}
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"ref": "2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 357:",
"text": "Now, the big blue space of river and sky belittled him, ulled him back into bewildered childhood.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"To make small."
],
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"(transitive) To make small."
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"tags": [
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"US"
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"word": "belittlement"
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"ref": "2006, Mark Steyn, chapter 9, in America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, →ISBN, page 201:",
"text": "Under the rules as understood by the New York Times, the West is free to mock and belittle its Judeo-Christian inheritance, and, likewise, the Muslim world is free to mock and belittle the West's Judeo-Christian inheritance.",
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"ref": "2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 357:",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaḡḡara",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "صَغَّرَ"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtaqara",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "اِحْتَقَرَ"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nvazecʻnel",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "նվազեցնել"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pakasecʻnel",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "պակասեցնել"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "omalovažavam",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "омаловажавам"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menysprear"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menystindre"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "貶低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎndī",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "贬低"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "輕視"
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"code": "cmn",
"english": "to look down on",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngshì",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "轻视"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "shazovat"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "bagatelizovat"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "kleineren"
},
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"code": "nl",
"english": "more destructive",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "afkraken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "vähätellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "déprécier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "rabaisser"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menosprezar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "schmälern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "herunterspielen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "herabsetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "kleinreden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "verniedlichen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "lekicsinyel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "bagatellizál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "elbagatellizál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "sminuire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "anadoru",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "侮る"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keishi suru",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "軽視する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "waishōka suru",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "矮小化する"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "omalovažuva",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "омаловажува"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ikaḻttuka",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "ഇകഴ്ത്തുക"
},
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "koccākkuka",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
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"word": "കൊച്ചാക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "tānoa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "nedvurdere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "fornedre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "bagatellisere"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "denigrar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "mespresar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "despreciar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "rebaissar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zlekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bagatelizować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbagatelizować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "depreciar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "deprecia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "minimaliza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanižátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "занижа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinižátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "принижа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preumenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "преуменьша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umaljátʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "умаля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedoocénivatʹ",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "недооце́нивать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "menospreciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "minimizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "empequeñecer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "förringa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "förminska"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "maliit (maliitin)"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"word": "küçümsemek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prynýžuvaty",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прини́жувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prynýzyty",
"sense": "to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прини́зити"
}
],
"word": "belittle"
}
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