Both Uses of
belittle
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- When Wordsworth was enthroned they carried pocket copies; and when Shelley was belittled they allowed him to grow dusty on their shelves.†
Chpt 4belittled = made someone or something seem less important
- This night the woman of his belittling deprecations was thinking how great and good her husband was.†
Chpt 5 *belittling = making someone or something seem less important
Definition:
to make someone or something seem unimportant