Dictionary Entry
denigrate
denigrate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
- 3verb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
"The journalists have defamed me!"
- 4verb
cause to seem less serious; play down
"Don't belittle his influence"
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