To denigrate is to say bad things true or false about a person or thing. Your reputation as a math whiz might be hurt if your jealous classmate manages to denigrate you, even though the accusations are unfounded.
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Verb
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"
Verb
belittle; "Don''t belittle his influence"
v. t.
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
v. t.
Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
Denigrate
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Usage Examples
Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.
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Other Usage ExamplesI don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.
We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or language, it does not mean that you have to lose your own culture.