belittling

Adjective

• tending to diminish or disparage
  • belittling comments
    
  • managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
    
  • deprecatory remarks about the book
    
  • a slighting remark
    

Noun

• the act of belittling

• a belittling comment

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  deprecating , deprecative , deprecatory , depreciative , depreciatory , slighting , denigration