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Meanings of denigrate in anglès

portuguès
denegrir
català
denigrar

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.

denigrar
portuguès
minimizar
català
denigrar

Cause to seem less serious; play down.

denigrar
Usage of denigrate in anglès
1
For example, it's routine marketing practice for homeopaths to denigrate mainstream medicine.
Bad science
2
It's a Chinese principle to contribute to, and not denigrate, potential markets.
In the shadow of the cypress
3
None of that, of course, is to denigrate Eric and his ability.
The Guardian
4
By seeking to ban and re-route loyalist parades and denigrate our culture.
The Guardian
5
This is not to denigrate the former in favour of the latter.
The Irish Times
6
And Mr Callinan personally tried to denigrate Sgt McCabe to several people.
The Irish Times
7
I've never understood that kind of love, though I don't denigrate it.
The art of mending: a novel
8
It also gave the Russian authorities a chance to denigrate the American press.
The new yorker
9
He never allowed Andrew to denigrate himself or his ideas the least bit.
Private life
10
Don't denigrate my gifts -or yours might disappear a second time tonight.'
Dr Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party
11
But do not let me denigrate the place to an extreme.
Night Shift
12
But Hecht had heard no one but Ghort himself denigrate Pinkus Ghort's intelligence.
Surrender to the will of the night
13
Advocates of testing who denigrate cheating conveniently fail to acknowledge this.
Wired
14
But they can also be used to knock people, to hurt, to denigrate.
The Irish Times
15
I don't mean to denigrate the white working-class supporters of Trump and Ukip.
The Guardian
16
Wanda hadn't set out to denigrate an ancient religion practiced by millions of people.
Happiness key
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Denigrate through the time