denigrate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
denigrate (denigrates, present participle denigrating; past and past participle denigrated)
- (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
- You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.
- (rare) To blacken.
- French: dénigrer, médire
- German: anschwärzen, verleumden, verunglimpfen
- Italian: denigrare, criticare, sparlare, parlare male, diffamare
- Portuguese: denegrir
- Russian: клевета́ть
- Spanish: denigrar
- French: dénigrer, rabaisser, déprécier
- German: verleumden, verunglimpfen, herabsetzen
- Portuguese: denegrir
- Russian: преуменьшать
- Spanish: denigrar
- French: noircir
- German: anschwärzen
- Russian: черни́ть
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