Definition of denigrates Denigrates
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What does denigrates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- denigrates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of denigrate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| denigrate - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" | ||
| defame, slander, smirch, asperse, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch | ||
| accuse, charge bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse" | ||
| assassinate destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character" | ||
| libel print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" | ||
| badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" | ||
| denigrate - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" | ||
| minimize, belittle, derogate | ||
| disparage, belittle, pick at express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" | ||
| talk down direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- denigrate (v. t.)
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. - denigrate (v. t.)
Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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denigrate
To attack falsely or with malicious intent the good name and reputation of someone.
Part of speech
🔤- denigrate, verb, present, 1st person singular of denigrate (infinitive).
- denigrate, verb (infinitive).
