what does denigrate mean?
DENIGRATE as VERB
- Meaning
- charge falsely or with malicious intent
- attack the good name and reputation of someone
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- The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation
Hypernyms(s) denigrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- Don”t belittle his influence
Hypernyms(s) denigrate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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