denigrate

den·i·grate

 (dĕn′ĭ-grāt′)

tr.v. den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates

1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame: "Speakers before the United States Chamber of Commerce rarely denigrate the businessman as an economic force" (John Kenneth Galbraith).

2. To disparage; belittle: The movie critics denigrated the director's latest film. See Synonyms at disparage.

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[Latin dēnigrāre, dēnigrāt-, to blacken, defame : dē-, de- + niger, nigr-, black; see nek^w-t- in Indo-European roots.]

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den′i·gra′tion n.

den′i·gra′tor n.

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denigrate

(ˈdɛnɪˌɡreɪt)

vb

1. (tr) to belittle or disparage the character of; defame

2. a rare word for blacken

[C16: from Latin dēnigrāre to make very black, defame, from nigrāre to blacken, from niger black]

ˌdeniˈgration n

ˈdeniˌgrator n

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den•i•grate

(ˈdɛn ɪˌgreɪt)

v.t. -grat•ed, -grat•ing.

1. to speak damagingly of; defame or disparage: to denigrate someone's character.

2. to make black; blacken.

[1520–30; < Latin dēnigrātus, past participle of dēnigrāre to blacken =dē- de- + nigrāre to make black, derivative of niger black]

den`i•gra′tion, n.

den′i•gra`tive, adj.

den′i•gra`tor, n.

den′i•gra•to`ry (-grəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

syn: See decry.

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denigrate

- From Latin de- and nigare, "blacken," it first meant "make black or dark in color," and came to mean "blacken the reputation of."

See also related terms for reputation.

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denigrate

Past participle: denigrated
Gerund: denigrating

Imperative

denigrate

denigrate

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	denigrate - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" belittle, derogate, minimize disparage, belittle, pick at - express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" talk down - belittle through talk
	2.	denigrate - 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" asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, sully, smear accuse, charge - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" assassinate - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" libel - print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere"

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denigrate

verb disparage, run down, slag (off) (slang), knock (informal), rubbish (informal), blacken, malign, belittle, decry, revile, vilify, slander, defame, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), besmirch, impugn, calumniate, asperse She habitually denigrated her husband to other people.
approve, honour, praise, admire, acclaim, compliment, laud, extol, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean), eulogize, take your hat off to

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denigrate

verb

1. To contaminate the reputation of:

befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, dirty, smear, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish.

Idioms: give a black eye to, sling mud on.

2. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant:

belittle, decry, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight, talk down.

Idiom: make light of.

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Translations

يُشَوِّهُ السُّمْعَه

očernitpomluvit

rakke ned påsværte til

anschwärzenherabsetzenverleumdenverunglimpfen

haukkuamustamaalatamustatapimentäävähätellä

dénigrernoircir

sverta mannorî

denigrare

juodinimasmenkinimas

nomelnot

zwartmaken

rakke ned på

iftira etmekkötülemek

毁誉

denigrate

[ˈdenɪgreɪt] VT → denigrar

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denigrate

[ˈdɛnɪgreɪt] vt [+ person] → dénigrer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

denigrate

vt → verunglimpfen

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denigrate

[ˈdɛnɪˌgreɪt] vt → denigrare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

denigrate

(ˈdenigreit) verb

to attack the reputation etc of. I'm not trying to denigrate her achievement. swartsmeer, beskinder يُشَوِّهُ السُّمْعَه омаловажавам denegrir očernit, pomluvit anschwärzen rakke ned på; sværte til αμαυρώνω, κηλιδώνωdenigrar, difanar mustama لکه دار کردن؛ بدنام کردن mustamaalata dénigrer לְהַשמִיץ बदनाम करना ocrnjivati, opadati rágalmaz meremehkan, mencemarkan sverta mannorð (e-s) denigrare （評判など）を傷つける 중상하다 menkinti, juodinti nomelnot merendahkan kleinerenrakke ned på, sverte بد نامول a denigra чернить očierniť očrniti nipodaštavati tala nedsättande om, racka ner på, förtala ใส่ร้ายป้ายสี kötülemek, iftira etmek 毀譽 чорнити, зводити наклеп بدنام کرنا gièm pha 毁誉

ˌdeniˈgration noun

swartsmeerdery, denigrering تَشْويه السُّمْعَه очерням denegrimento očernění, pomluvení die Verachtung nedrakning; tilsværtning αμαύρωση, κηλίδωσηdenigración mustamine روسیاهی؛ آبروریزی mustamaalaus dénigrementהשמצה निन्दा ocrnjivanje, opadanje rágalmazás pencemaran mannorðsspjöll denigrazione （中傷 중상, 헐뜯음 menkinimas, juodinimas nomelnošana celaan kleineringsverting, nedrakking مخ تورتيا، بى عزتى denigrare опорочение očierňovanie očrnitev nipodaštavanje nedsättande tal, förtal การใส่ร้ายป้ายสี kötüleme, iftira 毀譽 наклеп رسوائی sự gièm pha 毁誉

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