Denigrate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
  • v. To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • v. To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
  • v. To blacken.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
  • v. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To blacken; make black.
  • Blackened; turned black.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
  • v. cause to seem less serious; play down
    • Verb Form
    denigrated    denigrates    denigrating   
    Form
    denigratory    denigration   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    defame   
     
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