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Denigrate

Denigrate Meaning & Definition
Denigrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Denigrate?

[v] 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"
[v] belittle; "Don't belittle his influence"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Denigrate: asperse | belittle | besmirch | calumniate | defame | derogate | minimize | slander | smear | smirch | sully

Related Terms | Find terms related to Denigrate: asperse | bedarken | besmirch | bespatter | black | blacken | blackwash | blot | blotch | call names | calumniate | charcoal | cork | darken | defame | defile | deprecate | depreciate | despise | dinge | discommend | disdain | disparage | dispraise | disvalue | ebonize | engage in personalities | heap dirt upon | hold in contempt | ink | libel | melanize | muckrake | murk | nigrify | oversmoke | put down | revile | ridicule | scandalize | shade | shadow | slander | smear | smirch | smoke | smudge | smut | smutch | soil | soot | stigmatize | sully | tarnish | tear down | throw mud at | traduce | vilify

See Also | accuse | assassinate | badmouth | charge | disparage | drag through the mud | libel | malign | pick at | talk down | traduce

Denigrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Den"i*grate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle. 2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.] To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. --Morley.

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