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ɪˌgreɪtverb (used with object), -grat·ed, -grat·ing.
1.
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
2.
to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage: to denigrate someone's contributions to a project.
3.
to make black; blacken: rain clouds denigrating the sky.
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Denigrate
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is endemic. Does it mean:
| natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place |
| capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue; severely critical or sarcastic |
Example Sentences
- It's more fashionable to denigrate than praise the media these days.
- We've all heard people denigrate women's basketball because it's slower and different from the men's game.
- You denigrate one set of religious clap-trap only to promote another.
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World English Dictionary
| denigrate (ˈdɛnɪˌɡreɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to belittle or disparage the character of; defame |
| 2. | a rare word for blacken |
| [C16: from Latin dēnigrāre to make very black, defame, from nigrāre to blacken, from niger black] | |
| deni'gration | |
| —n | |
| 'denigrator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
denigrate
1526, from L. denigratus, pp. of denigrare "to blacken, defame," from de- "completely" + nigr-, stem of niger "black," of unknown origin. "Apparently disused in 18th c. and revived in 19th c." [OED].
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