English-Thai Dictionary

denigrate

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DENIGRATE

v.t.[L. Black. ] To blacken; to make black.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DENIGRATE

Den "i *grate, v. t. Etym: [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black. ]

 

1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.

 

2. Fig. : To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.] To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. Morley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

denigrate

den i grate |ˈdeniˌgrāt ˈdɛnəˌɡreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] criticize unfairly; disparage: there is a tendency to denigrate the poor. DERIVATIVES den i gra tion |ˌdeniˈgrāSHən |noun, den i gra tor |-ˌgrātər |noun, den i gra to ry |-grəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘blacken, make dark ’): from Latin denigrat- ‘blackened, ’ from the verb denigrare, from de- ‘away, completely ’ + nigrare (from niger ‘black ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

denigrate

denigrate |ˈdɛnɪgreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] criticize unfairly; disparage: doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country. DERIVATIVES denigration |-ˈgreɪʃ (ə )n |noun, denigrator noun, denigratory |-ˈgreɪt (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘blacken, make dark ’): from Latin denigrat- ‘blackened ’, from the verb denigrare, from de- ‘away, completely ’ + nigrare (from niger ‘black ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

denigrate

denigrate verb it amused him to denigrate his guests: disparage, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize, attack; speak ill of, give someone a bad name, defame, slander, libel; run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify, slur; informal badmouth, dis, pull to pieces. ANTONYMS extol.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

denigrate

denigrate verb it amused him to denigrate his guests: disparage, belittle, diminish, deprecate, cast aspersions on, decry, criticize unfairly, attack, speak ill of, speak badly of, blacken the character of, blacken the name of, give someone a bad name, sully the reputation of, spread lies about, defame, slander, libel, calumniate, besmirch, run down, abuse, insult, slight, revile, malign, vilify; N. Amer. slur; informal bad-mouth, slate, do a hatchet job on, pull to pieces, pull apart, sling mud at, throw mud at, drag through the mud; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off, have a go at; rare asperse, derogate, vilipend, vituperate. ANTONYMS extol.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

denigrate

den i grate /dénɪɡrèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人 〉の名誉を傷つける, 〈人格 評判など 〉を汚す .d è n i gr á tion 名詞