denigrare — meaning in English

English meaning

backbite verb To say unkind, untrue things about someone.
besmirch verb To make something dirty.
denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
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 hold back progress or ideas and make them boring, usually through rigid routine.
vilify verb To make slanderous remarks about someone or something; to criticise harshly.

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.]