küçümsemek — 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.
- contemn verb To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- contempt noun A feeling that someone or something is beneath consideration, worthless or deserving of scorn.
- denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
- patronize verb To talk to someone in a way that shows you think you are smarter or better than them.
- underestimate verb To judge something to be smaller, less important, or less difficult than it actually is.
Senses
küçümsemek 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]
- contemn (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- contempt (uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
- despise To regard with contempt or scorn.
- patronize (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
- 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.
contemn — full definition
- verb To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- verb To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).