denigrate

English

WOTD - 28 June 2009    

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛ.nɪ.ɡɹeɪt/, SAMPA: /dE.nI.gr\eIt/

Etymology

From Latin dénigrātus, the past participle of dénigrāre (“to blacken”), from dē + nigrare 'to blacken (from niger (“black”))

Verb

denigrate (third-person singular simple present denigrates, present participle denigrating, simple past and past participle denigrated)

1. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
2. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
3. (rare) To blacken.

Derived terms

• denigration
• denigratory

Translations

to criticise so as to besmirch

Armenian: սևացնել (hy) (sevac’nel) Bulgarian: очерням (bg) Croatian: ocrniti (hr) Czech: pošpinit (cs) Dutch: kleineren (nl), denigreren (nl) Finnish: mustamaalata (fi), mustata (fi) French: dénigrer (fr), médire (fr)

German: anschwärzen (de), verleumden (de), verunglimpfen (de) Italian: denigrare (it), criticare (it), sparlare (it), parlare male (it), diffamare (it) Macedonian: оцрнува (mk) (oc'rnuva) Polish: uwłaczać (pl), oczerniać (pl) Portuguese: denegrir (pt) Russian: клеветать (ru) (klevetát’), наговаривать (ru) (nagovárivat’) Spanish: denigrar (es)

to treat as worthless

Bulgarian: омаловажавам (bg) Czech: znevažovat (cs) Dutch: kleineren, denigreren Finnish: vähätellä (fi) French: dénigrer (fr), rabaisser (fr), déprécier (fr)

German: verleumden (de), verunglimpfen (de), herabsetzen (de) Macedonian: омаловажува (mk) (omalovážuva), понижува (mk) (ponížuva) Polish: pomniejszyć (pl), umniejszać (pl) Portuguese: denegrir (pt) Scottish Gaelic: dèan dìmeas air (gd)

blacken

Armenian: սևացնել (hy) (sevac’nel) Bulgarian: почерням (bg) Dutch: zwartmaken (nl) Finnish: mustata (fi), pimentää (fi)

French: noircir (fr) German: anschwärzen (de) Macedonian: оцрнува (mk) (oc'rnuva) Russian: чернить (ru) (černít’)

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Translations to be checked

Ido: denigrar Indonesian: mencemooh?

Italian: denigrare Turkish: küçümsemek, kötülemek

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Italian

Verb

denigrate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of denigrare

Anagrams

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