Hyphenation of belittling

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word belittling? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

be-lit-tling

Definitions of belittling:

1.	A belittling comment
2.	The act of belittling
3.	Tending to diminish or disparage Belittling comments Managed a deprecating smile at the compliment Deprecatory remarks about the book A slighting remark

Synonyms of belittling:

adj	deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting, uncomplimentary
noun	denigration, disparagement, depreciation, derogation
noun	disparagement, dispraise

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