English-French translations for denigrate

• dénigrer
  Je ne me dépêcherais pas de dénigrer cette attitude chez qui que ce soit. I would be slow to denigrate that attitude in anybody.
  Nous reconnaissons tous que l’excellent rapport de M. Cashman reste - et loin de moi l’idée de le dénigrer - un rapport ambitieux. We all accept that Mr Cashman’s excellent report is still and I do not mean to denigrate it - an aspirational report.
  M. Martin ne devrait pas dénigrer cela, même si cela ne correspond pas à son programme actuel et à celui du ! That is something that Mr Martin should not denigrate, even if it does not fit into his present programme and that of the !
• déprécier
• médire
• noircir
• rabaisser

Definition of denigrate

• To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame
• To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage
• To blacken. this usage is the literal sense, yet obscure at best --

Examples

• You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with

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