denigrate

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  1. transitive verb To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
  2. transitive verb To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts.

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  • None of this is to denigrate or decry the fundamental importance of the right to choose, and the right to express ourselves freely. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • I suppose the Louisiana electorate is happy Jindal didn't denigrate hurricane monitoring. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • He finds Arab suffering in Gaza useful when it can be used to denigrate Jews. —  Talk To Action
  • The whole "Tea Party movement" is pretty absurd, though it's no more absurd than seeing progressives piously denigrate pointless protesting, overwrought drama, and idiotic street theatre. —  BlueOregon
  • "Not to denigrate all the single priests who are out there, but if there's a segment of the population that finds that to be a positive in their lives, that's a good thing." —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
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  1. Latin dēnigrāre, dēnigrāt-, to blacken, defame : dē-, de- + niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin denigratus, past participle of denigrare (later F. dénigrer = Spanish denigrar (cf. Portuguese denegrir) = Italian denigrare), blacken, from de + nigrare, make black, from niger, black: see negro.
 

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