bagatellizeverb regard as a bagatelle belittleverb to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is disregardverb to ignore downplayverb to de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential scornverb to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody spurnverb to reject disdainfully spurnverb to waste; fail to make the most of |