"denigrate" meaning in English

See denigrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡreɪt/ Audio: en-us-denigrate.ogg [US], en-au-denigrate.ogg [Australia] Forms: denigrate [canonical], denigrates [third-person, singular], denigrated [past], denigrated [past, participle], denigrating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|denigrat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you denigrate someone, you criticise or belittle them.
    Sense id: simple-denigrate-en-verb-FyXAu5go
     
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