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- Dictionarydenigrate/ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt/
verb
- 1. criticize unfairly; disparage: "doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country"
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DENIGRATE definition: 1. to say that someone or something is not good or important: 2. to say that someone or something…. Learn more.
1. : to attack the reputation of : defame. denigrate one's opponents. 2. : to deny the importance or validity of : belittle. denigrate their achievements. denigration. ˌde-ni-ˈgrā-shən. noun. denigrative. ˈde-ni-ˌgrā-tiv. adjective. denigrator. ˈde-ni-ˌgrā-tər. noun. denigratory. ˈde-ni-grə-ˌtȯr-ē.
To sully or defame someone’s reputation, or to spread negative or hurtful information about a company or a situation, is to denigrate it. Your neighbors may denigrate your proposal for mandatory recycling in an attempt to stop your plan.
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.
Denigrate definition: to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame. See examples of DENIGRATE used in a sentence.
If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them. They denigrated his work, questioning whether it did anything to confront the problems. [ VERB noun ]
denigrate somebody/something to criticize somebody/something unfairly; to say somebody/something does not have any value or is not important synonym belittle. I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.
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DENIGRATE meaning: to criticize and not show much respect for someone or something. Learn more.
6 days ago · denigrate (third-person singular simple present denigrates, present participle denigrating, simple past and past participle denigrated) ( transitive ) To criticise so as to besmirch ; traduce , disparage or defame .
