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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Denigrate \Den"i*grate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to
     blacken, niger black.]
     1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.  --Morley.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Denigrate \Den"i*grate\, v. t. [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  denigrate
       v 1: belittle; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: minimize, belittle,
             derogate]
       2: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
          name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
          defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
          reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
           calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  denigrate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: denigrar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce,
  disparage or defame.
     2 (lb en transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or
  disparage.
     3 (lb en rare) To blacken. <!-- this usage is the literal sense,
  yet obscure at best -->

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  denigrate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce,
  disparage or defame.
     2 (lb en transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or
  disparage.
     3 (lb en rare) To blacken. <!-- this usage is the literal sense,
  yet obscure at best -->

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  denigrate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: denigrar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce,
  disparage or defame.
     2 (lb en transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or
  disparage.
     3 (lb en rare) To blacken. <!-- this usage is the literal sense,
  yet obscure at best -->

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  denigrate
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: denigrar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce,
  disparage or defame.
     2 (lb en transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or
  disparage.
     3 (lb en rare) To blacken. <!-- this usage is the literal sense,
  yet obscure at best -->

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Denigrate /dˈɛnɪɡɹˌeɪt/
  شوّه سمعة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  denigrate //ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪt// 
  1. почерням
  blacken
  2. очерням
  to criticise so as to besmirch
  3. омаловажавам
  to treat as worthless