DENIGRATE


Meaning of DENIGRATE in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

remarks that denigrate women

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Attempts to denigrate his playing simply because of his popularity are misplaced but regrettably widespread.

Government statements have also made a point of denigrating the achievements of the 1980 Literacy Crusade.

Instead he was denigrated, almost from the moment he emerged as a leader.

Rather than being denigrated and despised, he was admired for his courage, his steadfastness, his devotion to family.

Speakers before the United States Chamber of Commerce rarely denigrate the businessman as an economic force.

The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.

To say that it has been the poorer for it is not to denigrate the work that was done.

Women who refused to speak this denigrating language were considered scandalous and uncivil; worse, they were ineffective at accomplishing anything.

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