vähätellä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- belittle verb To speak of someone or something as less important or impressive than it really is, often to show contempt.
- demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
- denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- deprecate verb To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- derogate verb To partially repeal (a law etc.).
- detract verb To take away; to withdraw or remove.
- disparage noun Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- downplay verb To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
- minimize verb To reduce something to the smallest possible amount or size.
- snub verb To deliberately ignore or treat someone coldly, as an insult.
- trivialize verb To make something appear trivial
- understate verb To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.
Senses
vähätellä is used for these senses in English:
- belittle (transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]
- demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
- demean (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- denigrate (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
- deprecate (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- derogate (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. [from 16th c.]
- detract (transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
- disparage To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.