denigrating Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈden.ɪ.ɡreɪt]
  • Us [ ˈden.ə.ɡreɪt]

Meaning of denigrating In English

  • 0 present participle of denigrate

  • 1 to say that someone or something is not good or important:

    • You shouldn't denigrate people just because they have different beliefs from you.

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Examples of denigrating

  • Such denigrating labelling had arisen in the context of political wrangling over power and authority.

  • Low scores were characterized by apathetic, indifferent, irritable, sarcastic, or denigrating behavior toward the child.

  • His phallocentric theory legitimizes the disempowerment of those who have a socially inferior status, by denigrating their demands for equality and emancipation.

  • What they don't understand is if you dictate this and make it official, it will have some very denigrating effects on other languages.

  • They also reintroduced denigrating rhetoric.

  • Wanjau, in reply, accused the revivalists of denigrating church sacraments.

  • I do not think we serve any great purpose by denigrating the oil company at the present time.

  • Therefore, we do ourselves very little service by denigrating, and sometimes making use of slogans, about what the oil company has or has not done.

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