Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign; -- used of statements.
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- verb Present participle of
denigrate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
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Examples
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Still, there are signs of discontent: More than a million women took to the streets over the weekend to protest what they called the denigrating treatment of women.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Still, there are signs of discontent: More than a million women took to the streets over the weekend to protest what they called the denigrating treatment of women.
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Still, there are signs of discontent: More than a million women took to the streets over the weekend to protest what they called the denigrating treatment of women.
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Still, there are signs of discontent: More than a million women took to the streets over the weekend to protest what they called the denigrating treatment of women.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Soldiers complained about what they called a denigrating order of having to lift their shits so that officers could be sure they were not smuggling banners into the hall.
unknown title 2009
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Probably at best a personal preference but, believe you're way off base in denigrating these calibers.
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He said Iraq was a mistake but aside from that not a word denigrating anyone.
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Why should we be surprised today that he is again denigrating the troops?
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It has provided an easy target for those who find advantage in denigrating the Commonwealth, whether they be ardent Europeanists in Britain or unweaned nationalists in Canada.
The Commonwealth: White Man's Burden or Blind Man's Bluff? 1965
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Jensen also has flooded Plale's district with automated phone calls denigrating Larson.
Express Milwaukee 2010
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