to denigrate
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7.8
- verb
- /ˈdɛnɪˌɡreɪt/
- You should never denigrate someone just because they have a different opinion.
- denigrate others
- denigrate the importance
- denigrate democracy
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Watch on YouTubeThe point here is we get a lot of, I don't want to denigrate Vannevar Bush's model, right?
- The point here is we get a lot of, I don't want to denigrate Vannevar Bush's model, right?
- Now, I don't denigrate the decision that Rob Reiner and his amazing team.
- All they, they dismiss language, they deride language, they denigrate it.
- We embrace the LGBTQ plus community extra hard because we know that their parents denigrate them and bully them.
- Its soldiers, as you can see here, are often denigrated as blind, faultless and obedient robots.
- That kind of experience because it it should be so foreign, right to someone that you would be judged or denigrated because of the color of your skin, right.
- When they when they do something to themselves to denigrate themselves, they're doing it to all the people who care about them.
- Is it, you know, are we going to continue to, to denigrate people of, of certain races or sexes or genders or whatever?
- But the way that he denigrates the importance of the sense of smell is something that one might take issue with.
- Like, like, doesn't that undermine or denigrate like the, the preciousness of the experience that I'm having here right now?
- The thing is, we're trying to be better people and trying to make our society better, and you're killing people and you are denigrating people for using.
- You know, as I said earlier, I, I'm not somebody who in any way denigrates unions or doesn't believe in collective bargaining.
- And I don't mean to denigrate dogs in in any way, but when you're doing that, you are, we call it turd polishing.
Examples
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And we could discuss that if you wish but, what most amuses me are those who denigrate the evidence because it comes from mere mortal scholars.
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Don't denigrate yourself, my friends.
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Indeed, they denigrate such facts and all who report or listen to them.
Academic text (1992) -
Before we undertake to denigrate Congress, it would be helpful to look back at recent history.
Academic text (1990) -
Not to denigrate the Venice Police Department but it was one of our fellows that put this together.
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But the way that he denigrates the importance of the sense of smell is something that one might take issue with.
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"Why is it that every little thing I propose you have to mock and denigrate?"
Fiction book (1995) -
The individuals believed that they were viewed as an inferior group; nevertheless, they did not denigrate other unemployed people.
Academic text (1995) -
They will try to denigrate you, isolate you, cancel you, and ultimately silence you completely.
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To label such behavior simply as negative or submissive is to misunderstand and denigrate the female principle.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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5.1
To say cruel things to make people think less of someone
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6.3
To harm someone's reputation so others stop trusting them
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7.1
Make a person, group, or thing seem evil and dangerous, often unfairly
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4.7
Make a person or thing seem less important
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5.0
To make someone or something seem not important
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6.1
To make false or unfair statements to hurt someone's reputation
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6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
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7.9
To say or write bad things about someone to harm them
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7.7
To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect
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6.3
To say false things that damage someone's reputation
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7.7
To say harmful or false things about someone to hurt them
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7.8
To make fun of someone in a cruel way
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7.6
Make someone's good name seem bad
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7.5
Treat someone as shameful and not worthy of respect
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6.8
To say false things about someone that harm their good name
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8.8
Make a person or company look bad by saying bad things about them
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7.9
To speak badly about someone in public to hurt their reputation
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7.6
To speak badly about someone behind their backs
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7.7
To make people think someone or something is not acceptable
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9.3
To criticize someone publicly to make them feel ashamed
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6.0
Damage the respect and good opinion people have of someone or something
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8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
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9.9
To damage someone's name by saying false things about them
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9.9
To say false things about someone to harm their reputation
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9.9
To say things that are not true about someone to hurt their reputation
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8.6
To say bad things about someone to make them look worse
1
9.9
To criticize someone or something sharply in public
To say bad things about someone in public to make them feel ashamed
Speak badly about someone or something to other people
Antonyms
How Disparaging
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7.9
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7.7
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7.8
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7.7
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5.0
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
denigrate = de + nigr + ate
Although formed from Latin elements corresponding to 'de-' + 'nigr-' + '-ate', the root 'nigr' is not a standalone English word and the modern meaning 'to belittle' is not transparently derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Denigrate comes from Latin parts de- ('down' or 'away') and nigr- ('black'), so it literally meant to 'blacken' someone's name. Think of it as staining a person's reputation, which is why denigrate now means to unfairly criticize or make someone seem less important.