denigrare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- backbite verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- besmirch verb To make dirty.
- denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- knock verb To strike something, especially a door, sharply with the knuckles or an object.
- slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
- slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- stultify verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
- vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
Senses
denigrare is used for these senses in English:
- backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- besmirch (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
- denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- knock (transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- slur To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- stultify (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]
- stultify (transitive, archaic, originally, law) To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence. [attested from late 17th c.]
backbite — full definition
- verb To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
- verb To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
- verb To speak badly of an absent individual.
besmirch — full definition
- verb To make dirty.
- verb To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.