denigrates
Meaning of denigrates
- criticize unfairly; disparage.
doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country
late Middle English (in the sense ‘blacken, make dark’): from Latin denigrat- ‘blackened’, from the verb denigrare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + nigrare (from niger ‘black’).
Information about denigrates
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of denigrates is: denigrate.
- Languages in which denigrates is used:
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Hyphenation of denigrates
den-i-grates
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- denigrates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
denigrates synonyms
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant:
Meaning cause to seem less impressive or valuable:
Meaning express disapproval of:
Meaning publicly denounce:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel:
Meaning make false and damaging statements about (someone):
Meaning defame (someone) by publishing a libel:
Meaning make false and defamatory statements about:
Meaning damage (someone's reputation):
Meaning speak to (someone) in an insulting and offensive way:
Meaning speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse:
Meaning insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention:
Meaning criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:
Meaning speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner:
Meaning speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:
Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:
Meaning cover (something, especially a roof) with slates:
Meaning attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of:
Meaning disparage (someone or something):
Meaning blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language:
denigrates antonyms
Meaning praise enthusiastically:
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