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Word: Denigrate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
criticize unfairly; disparage
Short Definition:criticize unfairly
Examples:- doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country
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