denigration

[den-i-greyt]

den·i·grate

[den-i-greyt]
verb (used with object), den·i·grat·ed, den·i·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; < Latin dēnigrātus (past participle of dēnigrāre to blacken), equivalent to dē- 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 [den-i-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
self-den·i·grat·ing, adjective
EXPAND
self-den·i·gra·tion, noun
COLLAPSE


1. malign, besmirch, slander, traduce, disparage, vilify. See decry.

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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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