Denigrate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Denigrate is a verb meaning To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
Meaning
To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
More Meanings
- To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
- (literal, rare) To blacken.
- (botany) Blackened.
Example Sentences
You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.
What grand engines they were! Yet I have noticed a disposition on the part of quite a diversity of present-day commentators to denigrate those engines.
Although in public Soviet officials tend to denigrate the French electric locomotives imported recently, there is little doubt that lessons learnt from these engines will be incorporated in new Russian designs.
Word Forms
- denigrates
- denigrating
- denigrated
Synonyms for denigrate
Depending on context, synonyms include badmouth, besmirch, slander, assassinate, asperse, backbite.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calumniate, defame, belittle, slander, derogate, minimize.
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