What is another word for denigrate?
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛnɪɡɹˌe͡ɪt], [ dˈɛnɪɡɹˌeɪt], [ d_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]
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Similar words for denigrate:
- damn (noun)
- belittle, malign (verb)
- besmear (verb)
- blacken (verb)
- censure (verb)
- cheapen (verb)
- defame (verb)
- depreciate (verb)
- disapprove (verb)
- disparage (verb)
- downgrade (verb)
- humiliate (verb)
- libel (verb)
- malign (verb)
- protest (verb)
- revile (verb)
- ridicule (verb)
- scandalize (verb)
- slander (verb)
- slur (verb)
- smear (verb)
- vilify (verb)
Synonyms for Denigrate:
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n.
• damn- damn .
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v.
• belittle, malign • besmear • blacken- de cried ,
- de cries ,
- de cry ,
- de crying ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de-cried ,
- de-cries ,
- de-cry ,
- de-crying ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- gave a black eye ,
- gave black eye ,
- gives a black eye ,
- gives black eye ,
- giving a black eye ,
- giving black eye ,
- rip and down ,
- rip down ,
- rip up down ,
- ripped and down ,
- ripped up and down ,
- ripped up down ,
- ripping and down ,
- ripping down ,
- ripping up and down ,
- ripping up down ,
- rips and down ,
- rips down ,
- rips up and down ,
- rips up down .
- be rate ,
- be rated ,
- be rates ,
- be rating ,
- be-rate ,
- be-rated ,
- be-rates ,
- be-rating ,
- carped at ,
- carping at ,
- carps at ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- ex probate ,
- ex probated ,
- ex probates ,
- ex probating ,
- ex-probate ,
- ex-probated ,
- ex-probates ,
- ex-probating ,
- exprobated ,
- exprobates ,
- exprobating ,
- finding fault with ,
- finds fault with ,
- found fault with ,
- gat after ,
- gets after ,
- getting after ,
- got after ,
- gotten after ,
- in criminate ,
- in criminated ,
- in criminates ,
- in criminating ,
- in-criminate ,
- in-criminated ,
- in-criminates ,
- in-criminating ,
- looked askance ,
- looking askance ,
- looks askance ,
- picked apart ,
- picking apart ,
- picks apart ,
- pulled apart ,
- pulling apart ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re prove ,
- re proved ,
- re proves ,
- re proving ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-prove ,
- re-proved ,
- re-proves ,
- re-proving ,
- reads out ,
- take task ,
- takes task ,
- takes to task ,
- taking task ,
- taking to task ,
- tare apart ,
- tears apart ,
- took task ,
- took to task ,
- up braid ,
- up braided ,
- up braids ,
- up-braid ,
- up-braided ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braids .
- be littles ,
- be-little ,
- be-littles ,
- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de mean ,
- de meaning ,
- de means ,
- de value ,
- de valued ,
- de values ,
- de valuing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-mean ,
- de-meaning ,
- de-means ,
- de-value ,
- de-valued ,
- de-values ,
- de-valuing ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- loses value ,
- losing value ,
- lost value ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- rendered worthless ,
- rendering worthless ,
- renders worthless ,
- under value ,
- under valued ,
- under values ,
- under valuing ,
- under-value ,
- under-valued ,
- under-values ,
- under-valuing .
- be lied ,
- be lying ,
- be smirch ,
- be smirched ,
- be smirches ,
- be smirching ,
- be-lied ,
- be-lying ,
- be-smirch ,
- be-smirched ,
- be-smirches ,
- be-smirching ,
- casting aspersions on ,
- casting slur on ,
- casts aspersions on ,
- casts slur on ,
- de fame ,
- de famed ,
- de fames ,
- de faming ,
- de tract ,
- de tracts ,
- de-fame ,
- de-famed ,
- de-fames ,
- de-faming ,
- de-tract ,
- de-tracts ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- puts zingers on ,
- putting zingers on ,
- spake evil of ,
- speaking evil of ,
- speaks evil of ,
- spoke evil of ,
- threw mud at ,
- throwing mud at ,
- throws mud at ,
- villainized ,
- villainizes ,
- villainizing .
- clamored against ,
- clamoring against ,
- clamors against ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis counted ,
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis counting ,
- dis counts ,
- dis praise ,
- dis praised ,
- dis praises ,
- dis praising ,
- dis-counted ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing ,
- dis-counting ,
- dis-counts ,
- dis-praise ,
- dis-praised ,
- dis-praises ,
- dis-praising ,
- looked down on ,
- scoffing at ,
- scoffs at ,
- sneered at ,
- sneering at ,
- sneers at ,
- take down peg ,
- takes down a peg ,
- takes down peg ,
- taking down a peg ,
- taking down peg ,
- took down a peg ,
- took down peg ,
- under estimate ,
- under estimated ,
- under estimates ,
- under estimating ,
- under rate ,
- under rated ,
- under rates ,
- under rating ,
- under-estimate ,
- under-estimated ,
- under-estimating ,
- under-rate ,
- under-rated ,
- under-rates ,
- under-rating .
- admonish ,
- blame ,
- castigate ,
- chasten ,
- chastise ,
- chide ,
- condemn ,
- criticize ,
- denounce ,
- deride ,
- disapprove ,
- discredit ,
- renounce ,
- reproach .
- cried down ,
- cries down ,
- crying down ,
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- dissed ,
- disses ,
- downcried ,
- downcries ,
- downcrying ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- puts hooks in ,
- putting hooks in ,
- soured grapes ,
- souring grapes ,
- sours grapes .
- Declassing ,
- de class ,
- de classed ,
- de classes ,
- de classing ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de merit ,
- de merited ,
- de meriting ,
- de merits ,
- de mote ,
- de motes ,
- de moting ,
- de valorize ,
- de valorized ,
- de valorizes ,
- de valorizing ,
- de-class ,
- de-classed ,
- de-classes ,
- de-classing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-merit ,
- de-merited ,
- de-meriting ,
- de-merits ,
- de-mote ,
- de-motes ,
- de-moting ,
- de-valorize ,
- de-valorized ,
- de-valorizes ,
- de-valorizing ,
- declasses ,
- detracted from ,
- detracting from ,
- detracts from ,
- devalorized ,
- devalorizes ,
- devalorizing ,
- dis rate ,
- dis rated ,
- dis rates ,
- dis rating ,
- dis-rate ,
- dis-rated ,
- dis-rates ,
- dis-rating ,
- disrated ,
- disrates ,
- disrating .
- be mean ,
- be meaning ,
- be means ,
- be-mean ,
- be-meaning ,
- be-means ,
- bemeaning ,
- bemeans ,
- bringing low ,
- brings low ,
- casts down ,
- cut down size ,
- cuts down size ,
- cuts down to size ,
- cutting down size ,
- cutting down to size ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- made a fool of ,
- made fool of ,
- make fool of ,
- makes a fool of ,
- makes ashamed ,
- makes fool of ,
- making a fool of ,
- making ashamed ,
- making fool of ,
- put out countenance ,
- put shame ,
- puts out countenance ,
- puts out of countenance ,
- putting out countenance ,
- putting out of countenance ,
- shooting down ,
- shoots down ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- dragged name through mud ,
- dragging name through mud ,
- drags name through mud ,
- marked wrong ,
- marking wrong ,
- marks wrong .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be spatter ,
- be spattered ,
- be spattering ,
- be spatters ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- be-spatter ,
- be-spattered ,
- be-spattering ,
- be-spatters ,
- bespatters ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- mudslinged ,
- mudslings ,
- opprobriated ,
- opprobriates ,
- opprobriating ,
- spake ill of ,
- speaking ill of ,
- speaks ill of ,
- spoke ill of ,
- takes a swipe at ,
- takes swipe at ,
- taking a swipe at ,
- taking swipe at ,
- took a swipe at ,
- took swipe at .
- gave a talking to ,
- gave talking to ,
- give talking to ,
- gives a talking to ,
- gives talking to ,
- giving a talking to ,
- giving talking to ,
- laid down law ,
- laid down the law ,
- lay down law ,
- laying down law ,
- laying down the law ,
- lays down law ,
- re probate ,
- re probating ,
- re vile ,
- re-probate ,
- re-probated ,
- re-probates ,
- re-vile ,
- tongue lashed ,
- tongue lashes ,
- tongue lashing ,
- tongue-lashed ,
- tongue-lashes ,
- tonguelash ,
- tonguelashed ,
- tonguelashes ,
- tonguelashing .
- burlesque ,
- caricature ,
- gibe ,
- insult ,
- jeer ,
- jest ,
- joke ,
- kid ,
- mimic ,
- quip ,
- rag ,
- razz ,
- ride ,
- scoff ,
- sneer ,
- taunt .
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging .
- blew off ,
- blowing off ,
- blows off ,
- cut quick ,
- cut the quick ,
- cut to quick ,
- cuts quick ,
- cuts the quick ,
- cuts to quick ,
- cuts to the quick ,
- cutting quick ,
- cutting the quick ,
- cutting to quick ,
- cutting to the quick ,
- hit where lives ,
- hits where lives ,
- hits where one lives ,
- hitting where lives ,
- hitting where one lives ,
- in sinuate ,
- in sinuated ,
- in sinuates ,
- in sinuating ,
- in-sinuate ,
- in-sinuates ,
- in-sinuating ,
- kick teeth ,
- kick the teeth ,
- kicked in teeth ,
- kicked in the teeth ,
- kicked teeth ,
- kicked the teeth ,
- kicking in teeth ,
- kicking in the teeth ,
- kicking teeth ,
- kicking the teeth ,
- kicks in teeth ,
- kicks in the teeth ,
- kicks teeth ,
- kicks the teeth ,
- skins alive ,
- slap face ,
- slapped face ,
- slapped in face ,
- slapped in the face ,
- slapped the face ,
- slapping face ,
- slapping in face ,
- slapping in the face ,
- slapping the face ,
- slaps face ,
- slaps in face ,
- slaps in the face ,
- slaps the face ,
- zinged .
- dis color ,
- dis colored ,
- dis coloring ,
- dis colors ,
- dis-color ,
- dis-colored ,
- dis-coloring ,
- dis-colors ,
- disco loring ,
- disco-loring ,
- dragged through mud ,
- dragging through mud ,
- drags through mud ,
- poor mouthed ,
- poor mouthing ,
- poor mouths ,
- poor-mouthed ,
- poor-mouthing ,
- poor-mouths ,
- poormouthed ,
- poormouthing ,
- poormouths ,
- ripped up ,
- ripping up ,
- rips up .
- called down ,
- calls down ,
- caluminated ,
- caluminates ,
- caluminating ,
- mis treat ,
- mis treated ,
- mis treating ,
- mis treats ,
- mis-treat ,
- mis-treated ,
- mis-treats ,
- put whammy on ,
- puts a whammy on ,
- puts whammy on ,
- putting a whammy on ,
- putting whammy on ,
- ragged on ,
- ragging on ,
- rags on ,
- tare in to ,
- tare into ,
- tear in to ,
- tearing in to ,
- tearing into ,
- tears in to ,
- tears into ,
- tore in to ,
- tore into ,
- torn in to ,
- torn into .
Other synonyms:
- beat up ,
- boo ,
- dog ,
- fuss at ,
- get down on ,
- go on at ,
- knock ,
- nag ,
- nitpick ,
- pick on ,
- pin on ,
- pitch into ,
- rebuke ,
- reprimand ,
- reprove ,
- rubbish ,
- satirize ,
- scapegoat ,
- second-guess ,
- slag off ,
- slap down ,
- sling off ,
- sniff ,
- snipe ,
- speak to ,
- talk to ,
- target ,
- tax with ,
- weigh into .
Other relevant words:
- Animadverted ,
- Animadverting ,
- Bemean ,
- Benched ,
- Benching ,
- Bespattering ,
- Blackguarded ,
- Blackguarding ,
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- DISES ,
- Declass ,
- Disciplining ,
- Dispraised ,
- Dispraising ,
- Disrate ,
- Faulted ,
- Faulting ,
- Lectured ,
- Ridiculed ,
- Vilified ,
- animadvert ,
- animadverts ,
- backbite ,
- bemeaned ,
- besmear ,
- bespatter ,
- bespattered ,
- blacken ,
- blistered ,
- bring low ,
- brought low ,
- call down ,
- calling down ,
- caluminate ,
- carp at ,
- cast aspersion ,
- cast aspersions on ,
- cast down ,
- cast slur on ,
- casting aspersion ,
- casting down ,
- casts aspersion ,
- censure ,
- cheapen ,
- clamor against ,
- cry down ,
- cut down to size ,
- defame ,
- demerited ,
- demeriting ,
- depreciate ,
- derogate ,
- detract from ,
- devalorize ,
- dis ,
- disciplined ,
- disparage ,
- dispraise ,
- dispraises ,
- dissing ,
- downcry ,
- downgrade ,
- drag name through mud ,
- drag through mud ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- exprobate ,
- find fault with ,
- get after ,
- humiliate ,
- incriminate ,
- jinxed ,
- libel ,
- look askance ,
- made ashamed ,
- make a fool of ,
- make ashamed ,
- make fun of ,
- malign ,
- maligned ,
- mark wrong ,
- mudsling ,
- opprobriate ,
- pick apart ,
- poor mouth ,
- poor-mouth ,
- poormouth ,
- pull apart ,
- pulls apart ,
- put a whammy on ,
- put hooks in ,
- put out of countenance ,
- put zingers on ,
- rag on ,
- rail against ,
- read out ,
- reading out ,
- remonstrate ,
- rip up ,
- running down ,
- scandalize ,
- scoff at ,
- scoffed at ,
- set back ,
- shoot down ,
- shot down ,
- slander ,
- slur ,
- smear ,
- sneer at ,
- speak evil of ,
- speak ill of ,
- take a swipe at ,
- take down a peg ,
- take swipe at ,
- take to task ,
- tear apart ,
- tear into ,
- tearing apart ,
- tell off ,
- throw mud at ,
- tore apart ,
- torn apart ,
- traduce ,
- under-estimates ,
- underrated ,
- upbraid ,
- vilify ,
- villainize ,
- voodooed ,
- voodooing .
- blotched ,
- blotching ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- give a black eye ,
- give black eye ,
- rip up and down ,
- ripped down ,
- ripping ,
- smudge ,
- tarnishes .
- be little ,
- beat down ,
- lose value ,
- mar ,
- mark down ,
- marked down ,
- marking down ,
- marks down ,
- render worthless ,
- undervalued .
- Discommend ,
- Disvalue ,
- Fleer ,
- Misprize ,
- Vilipend ,
- abase ,
- abate ,
- abuse ,
- abusive ,
- accuse ,
- affront ,
- asperse ,
- aspersion ,
- attack ,
- bad-mouth ,
- beat-up ,
- bedarken ,
- bedaub ,
- beggar ,
- berate ,
- black ,
- blackwash ,
- blaspheme ,
- blemish ,
- blister ,
- blot ,
- blotch ,
- blur ,
- call names ,
- calumny ,
- chaff ,
- charcoal ,
- clean ,
- cloud ,
- condescend ,
- contaminate ,
- contemn ,
- contemptuous ,
- cork ,
- corrupt ,
- damage ,
- darken ,
- daub ,
- de-emphasize ,
- debase ,
- deduct ,
- defamation ,
- degrade ,
- demean ,
- denigration ,
- deprecation ,
- derogatory ,
- despise ,
- devaluate ,
- devalue ,
- diminish ,
- dinge ,
- dirty ,
- disdain ,
- disgrace ,
- dishonour ,
- dismiss ,
- disparaging ,
- disrespect ,
- downplay ,
- dwindle ,
- ebonize ,
- fall ,
- filthy ,
- flay ,
- flout ,
- foul ,
- guy ,
- harm ,
- hold in contempt ,
- hurt ,
- impugn ,
- infected ,
- injure ,
- ink ,
- inveigh against ,
- jibe ,
- kiss off ,
- laugh off ,
- lessen ,
- lower ,
- maculate ,
- make light of ,
- melanize ,
- minimise ,
- minimize ,
- mitigate ,
- mortify ,
- muckrake ,
- murk ,
- nigrify ,
- pan ,
- pejorative ,
- pestiferous ,
- pick at ,
- play down ,
- polluted ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- pounce on ,
- pounce upon ,
- reduce ,
- revile ,
- ruin ,
- run ,
- scandal ,
- scandalise ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- show ,
- slam ,
- slate ,
- slight ,
- smirch ,
- smoke ,
- smutch ,
- soot ,
- spate ,
- spoil ,
- spot ,
- sprinkling ,
- spurn ,
- stain ,
- taint ,
- talk ,
- talk down ,
- tear down ,
- trash ,
- trash-talk ,
- trivialize ,
- twit ,
- unclean ,
- underestimate ,
- underplay ,
- underrate ,
- understate ,
- undervalue ,
- vitiate .
- Reamed ,
- Reaming ,
- Reprobated ,
- Reprobating ,
- give a talking to ,
- lay down the law ,
- rake over coals ,
- reviled ,
- tongue lash ,
- tongue-lash .
- blacken name ,
- cast a slur on ,
- give a bad name ,
- muckraked ,
- muckraking ,
- run smear campaign ,
- sling mud ,
- strumpet ,
- strumpeting .
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How to use "Denigrate" in context?
1. The verb "denigrate" means to lower in esteem or regard. It can be used to describe a person, an idea, or a situation.
2. Denigration can have a negative or positive effect. It can make someone feel embarrassed, insignificant, or small. It can also lead to a fight or a disagreement.
3. Denigration often involves using words that are inappropriate or offensive. It can be intentional or accidental.
4. Denigration can be a silent form of attack. It can make someone feel ashamed and rejected.
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