denigrate (verb)

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• denigrate — ► VERB ▪ criticize unfairly; disparage. DERIVATIVES denigration noun denigrator noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «blacken, make dark»: from Latin denigrare, from niger black …   English terms dictionary

• denigrate — I verb abase, accuse, asperse, attack, attaint, belittle, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, blacken one s good name, blemish, brand, call names, calumniate, cast aspersions, charge, compromise, condemn, criticize, decry, defame, degrade,… …   Law dictionary

• denigrate — verb (T) to say that something or someone is not good or important: men who denigrate the status of women denigration / deni gre//iSFn/ noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• denigrate — verb it amused him to denigrate his guests Syn: disparage, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize, attack; speak ill of, give someone a bad name, defame, slander, libel; run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify …   Thesaurus of popular words

• denigrate — verb /ˈdɛ.nɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ a) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. b) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage …   Wiktionary

• denigrate — [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• denigrate — [[t]de̱nɪgreɪt[/t]] denigrates, denigrating, denigrated VERB If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them. [V n] The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of… …   English dictionary

• denigrate — [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir… …   Word origins

• denigrate — transitive verb ( grated; grating) Etymology: Latin denigratus, past participle of denigrare, from de + nigrare to blacken, from nigr , niger black Date: 1526 1. to attack the reputation of ; defame < denigrate o …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• denigrate — UK [ˈdenɪˌɡreɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms denigrate : present tense I/you/we/they denigrate he/she/it denigrates present participle denigrating past tense denigrated past participle denigrated to criticize something in a way that shows… …   English dictionary

• denigrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. blacken, defame. See detraction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. belittle, defame, calumniate, *bad mouth, vilify, malign, put down, slander, assail, criticize, *give a black eye. ANT.: honor,… …   English dictionary for students