denegrir — meaning in English

English meaning

• blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
• denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
• derogate verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
• disparage noun An unequal marriage, especially to someone of lower social rank.

Senses

denegrir is used for these senses in English:

• blacken (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
• blacken To defame or sully.
• derogate (ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]
• disparage To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

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.

denigrate — full definition

1. verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
2. verb To treat someone or something as if they have little or no value.

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