Belittle tatty carpet kept by woman (9)
I believe the answer is:
deprecate
'belittle' is the definition.
(deprecating is a kind of belittling)
'tatty carpet kept by woman' is the wordplay.
'tatty' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'kept by' indicates putting letters inside.
'woman' becomes 'dee' (**).
'carpet' anagrammed gives 'precat'.
'precat' inserted into 'dee' is 'DEPRECATE'.
(Other definitions for deprecate that I've seen before include "Express strong disapproval of" , "Disapprove of" , "Deplore; disparage" , "Deplore or belittle" , "Feel and express disapproval of" .)