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denigrateden‧i‧grate /ˈdenəˈɡreɪt/ verb [transitive] denigrateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin denigrare, from niger ‘black’ VERB TABLEdenigrate |
Present | I, you, we, they | denigrate | | he, she, it | denigrates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | denigrated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have denigrated | | he, she, it | has denigrated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had denigrated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will denigrate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have denigrated |
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Present | I | am denigrating | | he, she, it | is denigrating | | you, we, they | are denigrating | Past | I, he, she, it | was denigrating | | you, we, they | were denigrating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been denigrating | | he, she, it | has been denigrating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been denigrating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be denigrating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been denigrating |
- remarks that denigrate women
- Attempts to denigrate his playing simply because of his popularity are misplaced but regrettably widespread.
- Government statements have also made a point of denigrating the achievements of the 1980 Literacy Crusade.
- Instead he was denigrated, almost from the moment he emerged as a leader.
- Rather than being denigrated and despised, he was admired for his courage, his steadfastness, his devotion to family.
- Speakers before the United States Chamber of Commerce rarely denigrate the businessman as an economic force.
- The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.
- To say that it has been the poorer for it is not to denigrate the work that was done.
- Women who refused to speak this denigrating language were considered scandalous and uncivil; worse, they were ineffective at accomplishing anything.
to say things to make someone or something seem less important or good: people who denigrate their own country—denigration /ˌdenɪˈɡreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |