"denigrate" meaning in English

See denigrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-denigrate.ogg , en-au-denigrate.ogg Forms: more denigrate [comparative], most denigrate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin dēnigrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēnigrō (“to blacken”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē + nigrō (“to blacken”) (from niger (“black”)). Cognate with Middle English denigart(e) (“darkened, discolored”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēnigrātus}} Latin dēnigrātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{cog|enm|denigrat|denigart(e)|t=darkened, discolored}} Middle English denigart(e) (“darkened, discolored”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} denigrate (comparative more denigrate, superlative most denigrate)
  1. (botany) Blackened.
    Sense id: en-denigrate-en-adj-YLzXc1C4 Categories (other): Botany, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 17 20 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 14 32 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 15 16 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 16 17 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 63 9 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 59 13 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 60 11 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 60 10 18 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 59 13 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 13 17 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 10 19 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 12 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 59 11 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 10 19 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 51 13 21 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 60 11 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 56 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 58 11 19 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 60 11 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 56 14 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 10 15 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 59 12 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 58 11 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 62 9 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 12 20 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 59 12 17 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 60 11 16 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 61 10 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 59 13 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 12 18 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 62 10 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 60 9 18 12 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-denigrate.ogg , en-au-denigrate.ogg Forms: denigrates [present, singular, third-person], denigrating [participle, present], denigrated [participle, past], denigrated [past]
Etymology: From Latin dēnigrātus, the perfect passive participle of dēnigrō (“to blacken”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē + nigrō (“to blacken”) (from niger (“black”)). Cognate with Middle English denigart(e) (“darkened, discolored”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēnigrātus}} Latin dēnigrātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{cog|enm|denigrat|denigart(e)|t=darkened, discolored}} Middle English denigart(e) (“darkened, discolored”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to criticise so as to besmirch): սևացնել (sewacʻnel) (Armenian), очерням (očernjam) (Bulgarian), denigrar (Catalan), 玷污 (diànwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 詆毀 /诋毁 (dǐhuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pošpinit (Czech), kleineren (Dutch), denigreren (Dutch), mustamaalata (Finnish), mustata (Finnish), dénigrer (French), médire (French), anschwärzen (German), verleumden (German), verunglimpfen (German), besudeln (German), in Verruf bringen (German), gyaláz (Hungarian), becsmérel (Hungarian), rágalmaz (Hungarian), megrágalmaz (Hungarian), szidalmaz (Hungarian), szapul (Hungarian), befeketít (Hungarian), mocskol (Hungarian), denigrare (Italian), criticare (Italian), sparlare (Italian), parlare male (Italian), diffamare (Italian), 侮辱する (bujoku suru) (alt: ぶじょくする) (Japanese), оцр́нува (ocŕnuva) (Macedonian), whakarōriki (Māori), whakahahani (Māori), whakatoihara (Māori), whakatakē (Māori), whakahāwea (Māori), sverte (Norwegian Bokmål), rakke ned (Norwegian Bokmål), uwłaczać (Polish), oczerniać (Polish), denegrir (Portuguese), клевета́ть (klevetátʹ) (Russian), нагова́ривать (nagovárivatʹ) (Russian), очерня́ть (očernjátʹ) (Russian), ocrniti (Serbo-Croatian), denigrar (Spanish), svärta ner (Swedish), racka ned på (Swedish), karalamak [figuratively] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-denigrate-en-verb-48nGSl7d Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 14 32 17 Synonyms: badmouth, besmirch, slander, assassinate [figuratively], asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul [figuratively], belibel [dated], besmirch, besmear, bewray [archaic], blacken, blame [obsolete], blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit [Commonwealth, slang, vulgar], chat shite [Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar], cloud, defame, demonize [figuratively], denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, diss [slang], drag through the mud [idiomatic], forgab [obsolete], foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy [figuratively], reproach, revile, scandal [obsolete], shit-talk [slang, vulgar], slag [UK, slang], slander [obsolete], smear, smirch [archaic, figuratively], spatter [figuratively, obsolete], spot, speak ill of, stab [figuratively], stain, sully, talk shit [slang, vulgar], talk shite [UK, slang, vulgar], talk trash [US, slang], tarnish, torch [figuratively], traduce, trash-talk [US, slang], unflatter, vilify, vilipend [dated, formal], villainize, wrong Disambiguation of 'to criticise so as to besmirch': 89 4 7
  2. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage. Tags: transitive Translations (to treat as worthless): омаловажавам (omalovažavam) (Bulgarian), znevažovat (Czech), kleineren (Dutch), denigreren (Dutch), vähätellä (Finnish), dénigrer (French), rabaisser (French), déprécier (French), verleumden (German), verunglimpfen (German), herabsetzen (German), ócsárol (Hungarian), pocskondiáz (Hungarian), lefitymál (Hungarian), lekicsinyel (Hungarian), bagatellizál (Hungarian), elbagatellizál (Hungarian), омаловажува (omalovažuva) (Macedonian), понижува (ponižuva) (Macedonian), whakatūtūā (Māori), whakamanumanu (Māori), آشاغیلامق (aşağılamak) (Ottoman Turkish), pomniejszyć (Polish), umniejszać (Polish), denegrir (Portuguese), преуменьшать (preumenʹšatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), умалять (umaljatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), принижать (prinižatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), dèan dìmeas air (Scottish Gaelic), denigrar (Spanish), aşağılamak (Turkish), iftira etmek (Turkish), kara çalmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-denigrate-en-verb-FI3H3gqB Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 14 32 17 Synonyms: banalize, deprecate, make light of, bagatellize, banalize, belittle, cut down [idiomatic], de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage, downplay, lilliputianize, make little of [idiomatic], make nothing of [idiomatic], minimize, play down [idiomatic], set at nought [archaic], superficialize, trivialize, underestimate, underplay, understate, vilipend [dated, formal] Disambiguation of 'to treat as worthless': 1 97 2
  3. (rare) To blacken. Tags: rare Translations (blacken): سَوَّدَ (sawwada) (Arabic), սևացնել (sewacʻnel) (Armenian), почерням (počernjam) (Bulgarian), zwartmaken (Dutch), mustata (Finnish), pimentää (Finnish), noircir (French), denegrir (Galician), anschwärzen (German), befeketít (Hungarian), оцр́нува (ocŕnuva) (Macedonian), черни́ть (černítʹ) (Russian), karalamak (Turkish), siyahlatmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-denigrate-en-verb-wA6bOtgU Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 14 32 17 Synonyms: black, forswart, nigrify, black, blacken, black up, blackwash, blatch [obsolete], bletch [dialectal], denigrate [rare], forswart [obsolete], infuscate [obsolete], nigrify, pitch, swart, swarten Disambiguation of 'blacken': 17 0 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: denigration, denigrator, denigratory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "sewacʻnel",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "սևացնել"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "očernjam",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "очерням"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "diànwù",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "玷污"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "dǐhuǐ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "詆毀 /诋毁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "pošpinit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "kleineren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigreren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "mustamaalata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "mustata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "dénigrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "médire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "anschwärzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "verleumden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "verunglimpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "besudeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "in Verruf bringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "gyaláz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "becsmérel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "rágalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "megrágalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "szidalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "szapul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "befeketít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "mocskol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "criticare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "sparlare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "parlare male"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "diffamare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "alt": "ぶじょくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "bujoku suru",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "侮辱する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "ocŕnuva",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "оцр́нува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakarōriki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakahahani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakatoihara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakatakē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakahāwea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "sverte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "rakke ned"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "uwłaczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "oczerniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "klevetátʹ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "клевета́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "nagovárivatʹ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "нагова́ривать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "očernjátʹ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "очерня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "ocrniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "svärta ner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "racka ned på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "karalamak"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "37 14 32 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              21,
              30
            ]
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          "text": "You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
      ],
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        [
          "worthless",
          "worthless"
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          "belittle",
          "belittle"
        ],
        [
          "degrade",
          "degrade"
        ],
        [
          "disparage",
          "disparage"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "banalize"
        },
        {
          "word": "deprecate"
        },
        {
          "word": "make light of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "bagatellize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "banalize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "belittle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "cut down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "de-emphasize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "denigrate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "degrade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "deprecate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "derogate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "disparage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "downplay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "lilliputianize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "make little of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "make nothing of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "minimize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "play down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "set at nought"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "superficialize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "trivialize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "underestimate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "underplay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "understate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "vilipend"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "omalovažavam",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "омаловажавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "znevažovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "kleineren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "denigreren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "vähätellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "dénigrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "rabaisser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "déprécier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "verleumden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "verunglimpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "herabsetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "ócsárol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "pocskondiáz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "lefitymál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "lekicsinyel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "bagatellizál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "elbagatellizál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "omalovažuva",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "омаловажува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "lang_code": "mk",
          "roman": "ponižuva",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "понижува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "whakatūtūā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "whakamanumanu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "pomniejszyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "umniejszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "preumenʹšatʹ",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "преуменьшать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "umaljatʹ",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "умалять"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "prinižatʹ",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "принижать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "dèan dìmeas air"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "aşağılamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "iftira etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "kara çalmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 97 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "lang_code": "ota",
          "roman": "aşağılamak",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "آشاغیلامق"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "37 14 32 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
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      "glosses": [
        "To blacken."
      ],
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        [
          "blacken",
          "blacken"
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        "(rare) To blacken."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "black"
        },
        {
          "word": "forswart"
        },
        {
          "word": "nigrify"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "black"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "blacken"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "black up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "blackwash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "blatch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "bletch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "denigrate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "forswart"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "infuscate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "nigrify"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "pitch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "swart"
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          "word": "muddy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "reproach"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "revile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "scandal"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "shit-talk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "slag"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "slander"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "smear"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "spatter"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "spot"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "speak ill of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "stab"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "stain"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "sully"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "talk shit"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "UK",
            "slang",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "talk shite"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "US",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "talk trash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "tarnish"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "torch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "traduce"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
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            "US",
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          ],
          "word": "trash-talk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "unflatter"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "vilify"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
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            "dated",
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "vilipend"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "villainize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defame",
          "word": "wrong"
        }
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      ]
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
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        [
          "worthless",
          "worthless"
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        [
          "belittle",
          "belittle"
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        [
          "degrade",
          "degrade"
        ],
        [
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        {
          "word": "banalize"
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        {
          "word": "deprecate"
        },
        {
          "word": "make light of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "bagatellize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "banalize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "belittle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "cut down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "de-emphasize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "denigrate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "degrade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "derogate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "disparage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "downplay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "lilliputianize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "make little of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "make nothing of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "minimize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "play down"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "set at nought"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "superficialize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "trivialize"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "underestimate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "underplay"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
          "word": "understate"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:trivialize",
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            "formal"
          ],
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        "To blacken."
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        "(rare) To blacken."
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          "word": "black"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "nigrify"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "black"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "blacken"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "black up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "blackwash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
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          "word": "blatch"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "denigrate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "forswart"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "infuscate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "nigrify"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "pitch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "swart"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:blacken",
          "word": "swarten"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt/"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "sewacʻnel",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "սևացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "očernjam",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "очерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "diànwù",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "玷污"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dǐhuǐ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "詆毀 /诋毁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "pošpinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "kleineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigreren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "mustamaalata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "mustata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "dénigrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "médire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "anschwärzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "verleumden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "verunglimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "besudeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "in Verruf bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "gyaláz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "becsmérel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "rágalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "megrágalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "szidalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "szapul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "befeketít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "mocskol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "criticare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "sparlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "parlare male"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "diffamare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶじょくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "bujoku suru",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "侮辱する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "ocŕnuva",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "оцр́нува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakarōriki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakahahani"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakatoihara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakatakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakahāwea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakatakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "sverte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "rakke ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "uwłaczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "oczerniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "klevetátʹ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "клевета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "nagovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "нагова́ривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "očernjátʹ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "очерня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "ocrniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "svärta ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "racka ned på"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "karalamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "omalovažavam",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "омаловажавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "znevažovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "kleineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "denigreren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "vähätellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "dénigrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "rabaisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "déprécier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "verleumden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "verunglimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "herabsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "ócsárol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "pocskondiáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "lefitymál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "lekicsinyel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "bagatellizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "elbagatellizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "omalovažuva",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "омаловажува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "ponižuva",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "понижува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "whakatūtūā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "whakamanumanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "pomniejszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "umniejszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "preumenʹšatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "преуменьшать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "umaljatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "умалять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "prinižatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "принижать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "dèan dìmeas air"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "aşağılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "iftira etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "kara çalmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "aşağılamak",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "آشاغیلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "sawwada",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "سَوَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "sewacʻnel",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "սևացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "počernjam",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "почерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "zwartmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "mustata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "pimentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "noircir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "anschwärzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "befeketít"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "ocŕnuva",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "оцр́нува"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "černítʹ",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "черни́ть"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "karalamak"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "siyahlatmak"
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