| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | den·i·grate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d n  -gr t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates
1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame. 2. To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin d nigrre, dnigrt-, to blacken, defame : d-, de- + niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | deni·gration —NOUN
deni·grator —NOUN
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