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den·i·grate    Audio Help   [den-i-greyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (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.

[Origin: 1520–30; < L dénigrātus (ptp. of dénigrāre to blacken), equiv. to dé- de- + nigr(āre) to make black + -ātus -ate1]

den·i·gra·tion, noun
den·i·gra·tive, adjective
den·i·gra·tor, noun
den·i·gra·to·ry    Audio Help   [den-i-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

1. malign, besmirch, slander, traduce, disparage, vilify. See decry.
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den·i·grate    Audio Help   (děn'ĭ-grāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates
  1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
  2. To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts.


[Latin dēnigrāre, dēnigrāt-, to blacken, defame : dē-, de- + niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.]

den'i·gra'tion n., den'i·gra'tor n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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denigrate

verb
1. cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: minimize
2. 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" [syn: defame

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
denigrate [ˈdenigreit] verb
to attack the reputation etc of
Example: I'm not trying to denigrate her achievement.
Arabic: يُشَوِّهُ السُّمْعَه
Chinese (Simplified): 毁誉
Chinese (Traditional): 毀譽
Czech: očernit, pomluvit
Danish: rakke ned på; sværte til
Dutch: kleineren
Estonian: mustama
Finnish: mustata
French: dénigrer
Greek: αμαυρώνω, κηλιδώνω
Hungarian: rágalmaz
Icelandic: sverta mannorð (e-s)
Indonesian: meremehkan, mencemarkan
Italian: denigrare
Korean: (명예를) 더럽히다, 실추시키다, 깎아내리다
Latvian: nomelnot
Lithuanian: menkinti, juodinti
Norwegian: rakke ned på, sverte
Portuguese (Brazil): difamar
Romanian: a denigra
Russian: чернить
Slovak: očierniť
Slovenian: očrniti
Spanish: denigrar, difanar
Swedish: tala nedsättande om, racka ner på, förtala
Turkish: kötülemek, iftira etmek
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Denigrate

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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