See disparage in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant:
belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight, talk down. Idiom: make light (or little) of. See attack, show
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