denigrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: denigrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for denigrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
denigrate v cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" Synonym(s): minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denigrate \Den"igrate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle. 2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.] To denigrate* the memory of Voltaire. --Morley.