очерня́ть — meaning in English
ochernyat
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English meaning
- blacken verb To make something black or turn black.
- denigrate verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
- disparage noun An unequal marriage, especially to someone of lower social rank.
- slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- vilify verb To make slanderous remarks about someone or something; to criticise harshly.
Senses
очерня́ть is used for these senses in English:
- blacken To defame or sully.
- denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- 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.
- smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- vilify (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
blacken — full definition
- verb To make something black or turn black.
- verb To damage someone's reputation; to defame.
- verb To cook fish or meat by coating it in spices and searing it quickly in a hot pan.
denigrate — full definition
- verb To criticize someone unfairly in a way that damages their reputation.
- verb To treat someone or something as if they have little or no value.
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