denigrateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈden.ɪ.ɡreɪt/us/ˈden.ə.ɡreɪt/to say that someone or something is not good or important:
You shouldn't denigrate people just because they have different beliefs from you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- dismiss
- laugh
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scorn
- scornful
- scruple
- shrug
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- write
- write sb/sth off
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denigration
noun [ U ] uk/ˌden.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌden.əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/