I have learnt never to underestimate the worth of young people, nor to ridicule or belittle them. |
He does not dismiss or belittle the gifts and talents that his Creator endowed to him. |
It galled him that soldiers had driven so hard to penetrate the city, only to have a buffoon in a beret belittle them to the world. |
If you belittle their opinions or dismiss their problems, they'll stop talking to you. |
The papers go out of their way to misgender and belittle, replacing every correct gender reference with one that seems calculated to humiliate. |
In ignorance, they seek to belittle it and minimise its importance to the individual. |