Belittle
Pronunciation : Be*lit"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. T. Jefferson.
t. [imp. & p. p. Belittled; p. pr. & vb. n. Belittling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913