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1. (v.t.) denigrate
to speak damagingly of; defame or disparage:
to denigrate someone's character.
2. denigrate
to make black; blacken.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L dēnigrātus, ptp. of dēnigrāre to blacken =dē-de - +nigrāre to make black, der. of niger black)
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| Definition of 'denigrate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate
cause to seem less serious; play down
"Don't belittle his influence"
2. (verb) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
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| Definition of 'denigrate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) denigrate
to blacken thoroughly; to make very black
2. (verb) denigrate
fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame
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Sense: to attack the reputation etc of
I'm not trying to denigrate her achievement.
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Afrikaans: swartsmeer, beskinder |
Arabic: يُشَوِّهُ السُّمْعَه |
Bulgarian: омаловажавам |
Brazilian: denegrir |
Czech: očernit, pomluvit |
German: anschwärzen |
Danish: rakke ned på; sværte til |
Greek: αμαυρώνω, κηλιδώνω |
Spanish: denigrar, difanar |
Estonian: mustama |
Farsi: لکه دار کردن؛ بدنام کردن |
Finnish: mustamaalata |
French: dénigrer |
Hebrew: לְהַשמִיץ |
Hindi: बदनाम करना |
Croatian: ocrnjivati, opadati |
Hungarian: rágalmaz |
Indonesian: meremehkan, mencemarkan |
Icelandic: sverta mannorð (e-s) |
Italian: denigrare |
Japanese: (評判など)を傷つける |
Korean: 중상하다 |
Lithuanian: menkinti, juodinti |
Latvian: nomelnot |
Malay: merendahkan |
Dutch: kleineren |
Norwegian: rakke ned på, sverte |
Persian: لکه دار کردن؛ بدنام کردن |
Pashto: بد نامول |
Romanian: a denigra |
Russian: чернить |
Slovak: očierniť |
Slovenian: očrniti |
Serbian: nipodaštavati |
Swedish: tala nedsättande om, rack |
Thai: ใส่ร้ายป้ายสี |
Turkish: kötülemek, iftira etmek |
Taiwanese: 毀譽 |
Ukrainian: чорнити, зводити наклеп |
Urdu: بدنام کرنا |
Vietnamese: gièm pha |
Chinese: 毁誉 |
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