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denigrate

/ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt/

denigrateverb

denigrated

Past Simple

denigrated

Past Participle

denigrating

ing-form

/ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt/

Translations

She was upset when her colleagues began to denigrate her contributions to the project.

Elle était bouleversée lorsque ses collègues ont commencé à dénigrer ses contributions au projet.

Additional translations

noircirEmploi archaïque ou littéraire.

Definitions

To criticize unfairly or disparage.

She was upset when her colleagues began to denigrate her contributions to the project.

To blacken or darken; to make physically or figuratively black (archaic or literary).

Centuries of smoke had denigrated the ceiling frescoes, dulling their vibrant colors.

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