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denigrating
den·i·grate D0131700 (dĕn′ĭ-grāt′)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: "Speakers before the United States Chamber of Commerce rarely denigrate the businessman as an economic force" (John Kenneth Galbraith).2. To disparage; belittle: The movie critics denigrated the director's latest film. See Synonyms at disparage.
[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.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | denigrating - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or maligncalumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderousharmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
denigrating
Related to denigrating: invocate, manipulable, languishing, impugnedSynonyms for denigratingadj (used of statements) harmful and often untrueSynonyms- calumniatory
- calumnious
- defamatory
- denigrative
- denigratory
- libellous
- libelous
- slanderous
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