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aşağılamak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
  • humiliate verb To make someone feel ashamed or foolish, often publicly.
  • insult verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
  • slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.

Senses

aşağılamak is used for these senses in English:

  • denigrate (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
  • despise To regard with contempt or scorn.
  • humiliate (transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
  • insult (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
  • slur To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

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.

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