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belittering

belittering is the present participle and gerund of belitter.

Meaning of belitter

Verb

belitter (third-person singular simple present belitters, present participle belittering, simple past and past participle belittered)

  1. (transitive) To strew with litter (for the floor).
  2. (transitive) To bestrew with rubbish or things in disorder.

Questions about belittering

What is belittering the present participle and gerund of?
Belittering is the present participle and gerund of belitter.

Words near belittering in the dictionary

  1. Belisle
  2. Belisles
  3. belite
  4. belitter
  5. belittered
  6. belittering
  7. belitters
  8. belittle
  9. belittled
  10. belittlement
  11. belittlements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: belittering (page history and authors); belitter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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