Some translate while others denigrate.
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Denigrate
//ˈdɛnɪɡreɪt//
Synonyms for "denigrate" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
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Related words (83)
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Translations
98 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَوَّدَ verb (blacken)
Armenian
2 entries- սևացնել verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- սևացնել verb (blacken)
Bulgarian
3 entries- омаловажавам verb (to treat as worthless)
- очерням verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- почерням verb (blacken)
Catalan
1 entries- denigrar verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 玷污 verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- 詆毀 /诋毁 verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Czech
2 entries- pošpinit verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- znevažovat verb (to treat as worthless)
Dutch
4 entries- denigreren verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- denigreren verb (to treat as worthless)
- kleineren verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- kleineren verb (to treat as worthless)
Finnish
4 entries- mustamaalata verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- mustata verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- mustata verb (blacken)
- pimentää verb (blacken)
French
4 entries- dénigrer verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- dénigrer verb (to treat as worthless)
- déprécier verb (to treat as worthless)
- médire verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Galician
1 entries- denegrir verb (blacken)
German
4 entries- anschwärzen verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- anschwärzen verb (blacken)
- besudeln verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- herabsetzen verb (to treat as worthless)
Hungarian
4 entries- bagatellizál verb (to treat as worthless)
- becsmérel verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- befeketít verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- befeketít verb (blacken)
Italian
4 entries- criticare verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- denigrare verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- diffamare verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- parlare male verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Japanese
1 entries- 侮辱する verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Macedonian
4 entries- омаловажува verb (to treat as worthless)
- оцр́нува verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- оцр́нува verb (blacken)
- понижува verb (to treat as worthless)
Māori
4 entries- whakahahani verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- whakahāwea verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- whakamanumanu verb (to treat as worthless)
- whakarōriki verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- rakke ned verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- sverte verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آشاغیلامق verb (to treat as worthless)
Polish
4 entries- oczerniać verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- pomniejszyć verb (to treat as worthless)
- umniejszać verb (to treat as worthless)
- uwłaczać verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Portuguese
2 entries- denegrir verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- denegrir verb (to treat as worthless)
Russian
4 entries- клевета́ть verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- нагова́ривать verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- очерня́ть verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- преуменьшать verb (to treat as worthless)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dèan dìmeas air verb (to treat as worthless)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ocrniti verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Spanish
2 entries- denigrar verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- denigrar verb (to treat as worthless)
Swedish
2 entries- racka ned på verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
- svärta ner verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Turkish
4 entries- aşağılamak verb (to treat as worthless)
- iftira etmek verb (to treat as worthless)
- kara çalmak verb (to treat as worthless)
- karalamak verb (to criticise so as to besmirch)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
We assess with high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.
Source: tatoeba (5748874)
Tatoeba should not admit as collaborators those who only wish to denigrate its image and demean its activity.
Source: tatoeba (6149472)
Although in public Soviet officials tend to denigrate the French electric locomotives imported recently, there is little doubt that lessons learnt from these engines will be incorporated in new Russian designs.
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