denigrating
- adjective
- /ˈdɛnɪˌɡreɪtɪŋ/
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denigrante
- His denigrating remarks about the team's effort were unwarranted and hurtful.
Women themselves, girls themselves will describe what they do in minimizing and denigrating terms.
- Women themselves, girls themselves will describe what they do in minimizing and denigrating terms.
- And and the the training being for the most part, you know, joyous and nourishing as opposed to draining and, you know, denigrating to the other aspects of your life.
Examples
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And a media that is denigrating them, marginalizing them and and making them simplistic.
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It doesn't have to be that we're denigrating marriage anymore.
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And lest you think I'm denigrating him here, I think his mindset there is magnificent.
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And and the the training being for the most part, you know, joyous and nourishing as opposed to draining and, you know, denigrating to the other aspects of your life.
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She made a denigrating comment about his work that surprised everyone.
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The article contains denigrating language that undermines the subject's contributions.
Synonyms
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4.6
Likely or intended to harm a person's reputation by saying bad things about them
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6.9
Expressing an insulting, disrespectful view of someone or something
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7.9
False statements about a person or group that harm their reputation
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7.3
False and harmful statements that damage a person's reputation
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8.4
A statement with false words that harm someone's reputation
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7.0
Showing a low opinion of someone or something
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9.9
False statements meant to hurt someone's reputation
False statements that try to harm someone's reputation
Saying things to make someone look bad, often unfair or untrue
Giving unfair critical comments that make someone seem worse
Full of unfair personal attacks meant to damage someone's reputation
Showing a bad opinion of someone to make them seem less important
Showing that someone or something has little value
Antonyms
How Disparaging
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Denigrating comes from the Latin parts de- ('down') and niger ('black'), and it originally meant 'to blacken' someone's name. So a denigrating remark is one that tries to make someone look bad or damage their reputation.