umniejszać — meaning in English

English meaning

• denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
• derogate verb To partially repeal (a law etc.).
• dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.

Senses

umniejszać is used for these senses in English:

• denigrate (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
• derogate (transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. [from 16th c.]
• dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

denigrate — full definition

1. verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
2. verb To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.

derogate — full definition

1. verb To partially repeal (a law etc.).
2. verb To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
3. verb To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
4. verb To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).

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