Associations to the word «Denigrate»

Wiktionary

DENIGRATE, verb. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
DENIGRATE, verb. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
DENIGRATE, verb. (rare) To blacken.

Dictionary definition

DENIGRATE, verb. Cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence".
DENIGRATE, verb. 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".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin