侮る — 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.
- underestimate verb To judge something to be smaller, less important, or less difficult than it actually is.
Senses
侮る 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]
- make light of (idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.
- underestimate (transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.
underestimate — full definition
- verb To judge something to be smaller, less important, or less difficult than it actually is.
- noun An estimate that turns out to be too low.