Meaning of DENIGRATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'denu`greyt
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- [v] 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"
- [v] belittle; "Don't belittle his influence"
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| | Synonyms: | | asperse, belittle, besmirch, calumniate, defame, derogate, minimize, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| | See Also: | | accuse, assassinate, badmouth, charge, disparage, drag through the mud, libel, malign, pick at, talk down, traduce | |
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| | Definition: | | \Den"i*grate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to
blacken, niger black.]
1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle.
2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. --Morley.
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| | Related Terms: | | asperse, bedarken, besmirch, bespatter, black, blacken, blackwash, blot, blotch, call names, calumniate, charcoal, cork, darken, defame, defile, deprecate, depreciate, despise, dinge, discommend, disdain, disparage, dispraise, disvalue, ebonize, engage in personalities, heap dirt upon, hold in contempt, ink, libel, melanize, muckrake, murk, nigrify, oversmoke, put down, revile, ridicule, scandalize, shade, shadow, slander, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soot, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, tear down, throw mud at, traduce, vilify |
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