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UK
/dˈɛnɪɡɹˌeɪtɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈdɛnɪˌɡɹeɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛnɪˌɡɹeɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
How To Use denigrating In A Sentence
- Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
- If you have no credible objections, then the decent thing to do is apologize to Finkelstein et al. for baselessly denigrating their work.
- Members of the travelling community have been accused of denigrating the appearance of a local historical monument.
- On Wednesday, an anonymous source sent a bundle of articles to the camp denigrating the peace advocates.
- The idea of deserving versus underserving poor is a hand-me-down from the Protestant/English work ethic that has a long history of ignoring the poorest and denigrating them to squalor. Democrats downplay House retirements
- Their obvious unfettered delight in denigrating these two prominent citizens made me feel sick.
- More important, I appreciate your decision not to include the tawdry things, which tend toward cheapening and denigrating what should be viewed as a positive and healthy lifestyle.
- Rather than denigrating insurers, it would be instructive for Nation readers to hear from an actuary or underwriter.
- Are we to believe that in the rational future, these works will be surpassed by works exalting happiness and denigrating self-sacrifice?
- He said Iraq was a mistake but aside from that not a word denigrating anyone. David Thielen: Michael Bennet Interview