Denigrate
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transitive verb.
To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
transitive verb.
To disparage; belittle:
synonym
:
disparage
.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To blacken; make black.
Blackened; turned black.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
transitive verb.
Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
criticise
so as to
besmirch
;
traduce
,
disparage
or
defame
.
verb.
To treat as
worthless
;
belittle
,
degrade
or
disparage
.
verb.
To
blacken
.
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verb.
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
verb.
cause to seem less serious; play down
Word Usage
"BTW, what the heck does my being black have to do with use of the word denigrate, when that word describes what I mean to say?"
Form
denigration
denigratory
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
asperse
bedarken
besmirch
bespatter
black
verb-form
denigrated
denigrates
denigrating