"denigrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-denigrate.ogg [US], en-au-denigrate.ogg [Australia] Forms: denigrates [present, singular, third-person], denigrating [participle, present], denigrated [participle, past], denigrated [past]
Etymology: From Latin dēnigrātus, the past participle of dēnigrāre (“to blacken”), from dē + nigrare (“to blacken”) (from niger (“black”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|dēnigrātus}} Latin dēnigrātus, {{m|la|dēnigrāre||to blacken}} dēnigrāre (“to blacken”), {{m|la|dē}} dē, {{m|la|nigrare||to blacken}} nigrare (“to blacken”), {{m|la|niger||black}} niger (“black”) 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 (sewacʿnel) (Armenian), очерням (očernjam) (Bulgarian), 玷污 (diànwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 詆毀 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 (Maori), whakahahani (Maori), whakatoihara (Maori), whakatakē (Maori), whakahāwea (Maori), 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 (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-denigrate-en-verb-48nGSl7d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 14 9 Disambiguation of 'to criticise so as to besmirch': 92 3 5
  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 (Maori), whakamanumanu (Maori), 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 Disambiguation of 'to treat as worthless': 1 98 1
  3. (rare) To blacken. Tags: rare Translations (blacken): سَوَّدَ (sawwada) (Arabic), սևացնել (sewacʿnel) (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 Disambiguation of 'blacken': 10 2 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: denigration, denigratory

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame."
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
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          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
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          "roman": "diànwù",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "玷污"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "詆毀"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǐhuǐ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
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          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "pošpinit"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "kleineren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigreren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "mustamaalata"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "mustata"
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "dénigrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "médire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "anschwärzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "verleumden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "verunglimpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "besudeln"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "in Verruf bringen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "gyaláz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "becsmérel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "rágalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "megrágalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "szidalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "szapul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "befeketít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "mocskol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "criticare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "sparlare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "parlare male"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "diffamare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "alt": "ぶじょくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bujoku suru",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "侮辱する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ocŕnuva",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "оцр́нува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakarōriki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakahahani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakatoihara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakatakē"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "whakahāwea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "sverte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "rakke ned"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "uwłaczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "oczerniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "klevetátʹ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "клевета́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nagovárivatʹ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "нагова́ривать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očernjátʹ",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "очерня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "ocrniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "svärta ner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "racka ned på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
          "word": "karalamak"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
      ],
      "id": "en-denigrate-en-verb-FI3H3gqB",
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          "degrade"
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      ],
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        "(transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "omalovažavam",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "омаловажавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "znevažovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "kleineren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "denigreren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "vähätellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "dénigrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "rabaisser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "déprécier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "verleumden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "verunglimpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "herabsetzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "ócsárol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "pocskondiáz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "lefitymál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "lekicsinyel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "bagatellizál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "elbagatellizál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "omalovažuva",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "омаловажува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ponižuva",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "понижува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "whakatūtūā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "whakamanumanu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "pomniejszyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "umniejszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "preumenʹšatʹ",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "преуменьшать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umaljatʹ",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "умалять"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prinižatʹ",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "принижать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "dèan dìmeas air"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "aşağılamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "iftira etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to treat as worthless",
          "word": "kara çalmak"
        }
      ]
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        "To blacken."
      ],
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        "(rare) To blacken."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "سَوَّدَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "sewacʿnel",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "սևացնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "počernjam",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "почерням"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "zwartmaken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "mustata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "pimentää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "noircir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "denegrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "anschwärzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "befeketít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ocŕnuva",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "оцр́нува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "černítʹ",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "черни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "karalamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 2 87",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "blacken",
          "word": "siyahlatmak"
        }
      ]
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Ido translations",
    "Requests for review of Indonesian translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Turkish translations"
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      "word": "denigration"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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          "ref": "1963 January, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 62",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame."
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        "(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
      ],
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        [
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          "worthless"
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        [
          "belittle",
          "belittle"
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          "degrade",
          "degrade"
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          "disparage",
          "disparage"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To blacken."
      ],
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        [
          "blacken",
          "blacken"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To blacken."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sewacʿnel",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "սևացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očernjam",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "очерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànwù",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "玷污"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "詆毀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǐhuǐ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "诋毁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "pošpinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "kleineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigreren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "mustamaalata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "mustata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "dénigrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "médire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "anschwärzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "verleumden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "verunglimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "besudeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "in Verruf bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "gyaláz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "becsmérel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "rágalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "megrágalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "szidalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "szapul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "befeketít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "mocskol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "criticare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "sparlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "parlare male"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "diffamare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶじょくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bujoku suru",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "侮辱する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ocŕnuva",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "оцр́нува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakarōriki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakahahani"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakatoihara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakatakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakahāwea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "whakatakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "sverte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "rakke ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "uwłaczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "oczerniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klevetátʹ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "клевета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "нагова́ривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očernjátʹ",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "очерня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "ocrniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "svärta ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "racka ned på"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to criticise so as to besmirch",
      "word": "karalamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "omalovažavam",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "омаловажавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "znevažovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "kleineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "denigreren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "vähätellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "dénigrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "rabaisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "déprécier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "verleumden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "verunglimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "herabsetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "ócsárol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "pocskondiáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "lefitymál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "lekicsinyel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "bagatellizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "elbagatellizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "omalovažuva",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "омаловажува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ponižuva",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "понижува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "whakatūtūā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "whakamanumanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "pomniejszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "umniejszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preumenʹšatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "преуменьшать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umaljatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "умалять"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinižatʹ",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "принижать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "dèan dìmeas air"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "aşağılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "iftira etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to treat as worthless",
      "word": "kara çalmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sawwada",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "سَوَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sewacʿnel",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "սևացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počernjam",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "почерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "zwartmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "mustata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "pimentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "noircir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "denegrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "anschwärzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "befeketít"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ocŕnuva",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "оцр́нува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "černítʹ",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "черни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "karalamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "blacken",
      "word": "siyahlatmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "denigrate"
}

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