English-German translations for denigrate

• anschwärzen
• verleumden
• verunglimpfen
  Es geht nicht darum, andere Länder zu verunglimpfen. It is not to denigrate other countries.
• herabsetzen
  Diese moralische Situation war politisch gewollt, denn man wollte die familiären Werte im Namen einer billigen Lehre nach Freud herabsetzen. This moral situation was a deliberate political choice, because the politicians wanted to denigrate family values in the name of a cut-price Freudianism.

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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