denigrate
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denigrate
- /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈden.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/ Canada, US, UK, also
- /ˈden.ɪ.ɡɹæɪ̯t/ Australia
- /ˈden.ə.ɡɹæɪ̯t/ New Zealand
- /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹet/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɛnɪɡreɪt
Where it comes from
Derived from Latin dēnigrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēnigrō (“to blacken”) [see -ate (verb-forming suffix)], from dē- (“of; from”) + nigrō (“to blacken”) [from niger (“black”)]. Cognate with Middle English denigart(e) (“darkened, discolored”).
verb denigrates · denigrating · denigrated
- To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. What grand engines they were! Yet I have noticed a disposition on the part of quite a diversity of present-day commentators to denigrate those engines.
- To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage. You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.
- To blacken.
adjective more denigrate · most denigrate
- Blackened.
