Insults or put-downs: demeaning comments that make you feel inferior or worthless. Example: You are a disgrace.
Put it down in your calendar. to pay part of the cost of something We put a 5% deposit down on the house. to stop something by force synonym crush to put down a rebellion The military government is determined to put down all opposition.
To belittle means to put down, or to make another person feel as though they aren't important. Saying mean things about another person literally makes them feel "little." To belittle someone is a cruel way of making someone else seem less important than yourself.
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a disparaging, belittling, or snubbing remark. a remark or act intended to humiliate or embarrass someone.
Such a person might be called derisive or scornful.
to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important: Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts. Stop belittling yourself - your work is highly valued.
First of all , any person who belittle any other person has a great sense of insecurity and some sort of inferiority complex within themselves. It reflects their constant need of feeling entitled and to show as they are better than other person or they have achieved more.
Some common synonyms of belittle are decry, depreciate, and disparage.
Synonyms of put down (verb write into record) set down. write down. enter. inscribe.
Narcissists belittle others because they have their own insecurities, fears and flaws, and are afraid of having them exposed to others. In making hurtful comments to others, they reinforce their own feelings of importance and hide the low self-esteem and self-worth that may be lurking within.
scorn. contemn. snub. look down (on or upon)
Disparager, faultfinder, denigrator. Someone given to more intensive belittling would be a detractor, castigator, vilifier, traducer.
This is one of the top warning signs someone is trying to bring you down… They stalk you, cyberbully you, trash talk you, write negative reviews online for you or your business, and so on. They want to make your life worse and use all the tools at their disposal. It can be alarmingly difficult to stop.
There can be many different reasons why a person may feel the need to put others down. Some possible reasons can include low self-esteem, childhood trauma, being bullied themselves, or a lack of empathy.
Examples of Condescending Behaviors
Insulting/belittling comments. Talking down to you. Name-calling. Saying something hurtful but disguising it as a "joke"
The entire family was demeaned by his behavior. I wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for money.
: to speak slightingly of : disparage. belittles her efforts. : to cause (a person or thing) to seem little or less. a curiosity so vast that it almost belittled the main matter Mark Twain.
causing someone to become or feel less respected: That advertisement is demeaning to women. [ + to infinitive ] It was very demeaning to be criticized in front of all my colleagues.
Description Egregious conduct clearly evident in the behavior and/or speech. Examples. Angry or rude outbursts. Verbal threats. Swearing.
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful. expressing extreme contempt. contumelious. arrogantly insolent.
Synonyms of disrespectful (adj. insulting, rude) blasphemous. contemptuous. flippant.