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oczerniać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • belie verb To lie around; encompass.
  • blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
  • calumniate verb To make hurtful untrue comments about.
  • denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

Senses

oczerniać is used for these senses in English:

  • blacken To defame or sully.
  • calumniate (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
  • denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • vilify (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

belie — full definition

  1. verb To lie around; encompass.
  2. verb To surround; beleaguer.

blacken — full definition

  1. verb To make something black or turn black.
  2. verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
  3. verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.

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