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denigrate
[ den-i-greyt ]
verb (used with object)
to denigrate someone's character.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
to denigrate someone's contributions to a project.
- Archaic. to make black; darken:
rain clouds denigrating the sky.
denigrate
/ ˈɛɪˌɡɪ /
verb
- tr to belittle or disparage the character of; defame
- a rare word for blacken
Derived Forms
- ˌԾˈپDz, noun
- ˈԾˌٴǰ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ···پDz [den-i-, grey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ···پ adjective
- ···ٴǰ noun
- ···ٴ· [den, -i-gr, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- -···Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of denigrate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of denigrate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
At a rally aimed at encouraging voters to leave the Democratic Party, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz portrayed the Republican Party as “patriotic and joyful” while denigrating the opposition as “angry and lonely.”
She also seemed to denigrate her own ability to carry someone out of a burning building.
Instead, Macdonald provides clips of Lennon and Ono on talk shows discussing their marriage or disparaging his former Beatles bandmates for not standing up for Ono when the press denigrated her.
He denigrated seniors concerned about their benefits as “greedy geezers” and added, “What a wretched group of seniors you must be ... for shoveling out this bull—.”
It issued a four-page fact-check of the book that denigrates Wynn-Williams’ ostensibly “new” claims by asserting that they were mostly published previously, and even helpfully provides links to the original reports.
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