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US
/ˈdɛnəˌɡɹeɪt/
]
[ UK /dˈɛnɪɡɹˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /dˈɛnɪɡɹˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
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 -
cause to seem less serious; play down
Don't belittle his influence
How To Use denigrate In A Sentence
- These critics claim he denigrates the ‘real’ moral values of Sri Lankan rural life.
- Many people use examples from ethology (the study of animal behaviour) and in particular primatology (the study of primates) ‘not just to support the idea of animal rights but to denigrate human claims of uniqueness and special status’.
- It was normally considered bad manners to denigrate the dead, on the theory that they could not defend themselves. THE CURSE OF CHALION
- This denigrated order is highly creative and productive, and women's closeness to each other persists within it.
- The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion.
- All the mischaracterization by the media that Clark "denigrated" McCain's service just proves this. McCain Campaign Accuses Obama Camp Of Coordinating With Webb To Attack McCain
- This is not to denigrate what the Six did achieve economically and politically during the first few years of the organisation.
- The State of the Union wasn't "denigrated," as Roberts put it, and Obama didn't turn it into "a political pep rally. Michael J.W. Stickings: A Spineless Chief Justice: John Roberts and the Denigration of American Democracy
- The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion.
- Now, if the unknown James, Moses or Paul was to proclaim that greed is evil today in America he would likely hear his name denigrated on hate radio and hear something like "Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate, shame and discredit those who have acquired superior job skills and decision-making capabilities and who, through the application of those job. Thou Shall Covet