Usually means: Makes someone feel small, insignificant.
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  1. belittles: Merriam-Webster
  2. belittles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. belittles: Vocabulary.com
  4. belittles: Wordnik
  5. belittles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. belittles: Wiktionary
  7. belittles: Dictionary.com
  8. belittles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. belittles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. belittles: Legal dictionary

(Note: See belittle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (belittle)

verb:  (transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.
verb:  (transitive) To make small.
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