Definition of denigrations Denigrations

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What does denigrations mean?

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  • denigrations (Noun)
    Plural of denigration.

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Noun

Plural: denigrations

denigration - a belittling comment
  belittling
  derogation, disparagement, depreciation (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"
denigration - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation
  attack a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
denigration - the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
  deprecation
  dispraise, disparagement the act of speaking contemptuously of
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • denigration (n.)
    The act of making black.
  • denigration (n.)
    Fig.: A blackening; defamation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • denigration
    An abusive attack of a person's reputation by any slanderous communication.
  • denigration
    An abusive attack on a person's character or good name

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • denigration
    de-ni-grā′shun, n. a making or becoming black—esp. the blackening of a man's character.—v.t. Den′igrate (obs.). [L. de, inten., nigrāre, to blacken, niger, black.]

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