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denigrate

/ˈdenɪɡreɪt/verb

उच्चारण डेनिग्रेट

बदनाम करना, निंदा करना, तुच्छ बताना

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verbdenigrated, denigrating
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    [T] formal

    to criticise somebody or something unfairly; to say somebody or something does not have any value or is not important

    बदनाम करना, निंदा करना, तुच्छ बताना

    • We should not denigrate the efforts of the volunteers.
    • He was accused of denigrating his rivals on social media.

    Synonyms disparage belittle decry malign defame

    Opposite praise extol commend laud

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From Latin denigrare, meaning 'to blacken', so to denigrate somebody is to blacken their name.

यह Latin शब्द denigrare से बना है, जिसका अर्थ 'काला करना' है, इसलिए denigrate का अर्थ किसी का नाम काला करना यानी बदनाम करना है।