denigrate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: dĕn′ĭ-grāt
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/; (also Received Pronunciation) /ˈden.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯t/
- (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈden.ɪ.ɡɹæɪ̯t/
Audio (Australian): (file)
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈden.ə.ɡɹæɪ̯t/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹet/
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪɡreɪt
- Hyphenation: den‧i‧grate
Verb
[edit]denigrate (third-person singular simple present denigrates, present participle denigrating, simple past and past participle denigrated) (transitive)
- To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- Synonyms: badmouth, besmirch, slander; see also Thesaurus:defame
- 1960 May, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
- 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.
- 1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 62:
- Although in public Soviet officials tend to denigrate the French electric locomotives imported recently, there is little doubt that lessons learnt from these engines will be incorporated in new Russian designs.
- To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
- Synonyms: banalize, deprecate, make light of; see also Thesaurus:trivialize
- You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.
- (literal, rare) To blacken.
- Synonyms: black, forswart, nigrify; see also Thesaurus:blacken
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to criticize so as to besmirch
to treat as worthless
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to blacken
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Adjective
[edit]denigrate (comparative more denigrate, superlative most denigrate)
Translations
[edit]blackened — see blackened
References
[edit]- “denigrate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “denigrate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]denigrate
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.nɪˈɡraː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [de.niˈɡraː.te]
- Hyphenation: dē‧ni‧grā‧te
Participle
[edit]dēnigrāte
Verb
[edit]dēnigrāte
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]denigrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of denigrar combined with te
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