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Denigrating

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Adjective

1. calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous

(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

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Denigrating

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verb
1. (transitive)
to belittle or disparage the character of; defame
2.  a rare word for blacken

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Denigrating

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdeniˌgrated or ˈdeniˌgrating
1. 
to blacken
2. 
to disparage the character or reputation of; defame

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Denigrating

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tr.v. den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates
1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame: "Speakers before the United States Chamber of Commerce rarely denigrate the businessman as an economic force" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
2. To disparage; belittle: The movie critics denigrated the director's latest film. See Synonyms at disparage.

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