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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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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' |
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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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