| denigrate | (เดน'นิเกรท) vt. ใส่ร้าย, ป้ายสี, ทำให้เสียชื่อเสียง, ทำให้ดำ, See also: denigration n. ดูdenigrate denigrator n. ดูdenigrate |
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| | | | | | denigration | (n) a belittling comment, Syn. belittling | | aspersion | (n) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name, Syn. denigration, defamation, calumny, slander | | calumniatory | (adj) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign, Syn. calumnious, denigrating, defamatory, denigratory, libellous, libelous, denigrative, slanderous | | defame | (v) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone, Syn. denigrate, asperse, slander, smear, besmirch, smirch, calumniate, sully, Example: The journalists have defamed me!; The article in the paper sullied my reputation | | deprecation | (n) the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself), Syn. denigration | | minimize | (v) cause to seem less serious; play down, Syn. derogate, denigrate, belittle, Example: Don't belittle his influence |
| | Denigrate | v. t. [ L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black. ] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ] | | denigrating | adj. harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign; -- used of statements.
Syn. -- calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Denigration | n. [ L. denigratio. ] 1. The act of making black. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. [ 1913 Webster ] The vigorous denigration of science. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Denigrator | n. One who, or that which, blackens. [ 1913 Webster ] | | denigratory | a. same as denigrating. [ PJC ] |
| | 官尊民卑 | [かんそんみんぴ, kansonminpi] (n) respecting the authorities and denigrating ordinary citizens; statism [Add to Longdo] |
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