denigrate
verb (used with object)
are denigrating
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present progressiveof denigrate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“These attacks are denigrating, demeaning and degrading and are meant to intimidate, threaten and cow the institution and individual judges,” Chief Justice David K. Maraga said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
When people criticise the NHS, it can seem as if they are denigrating the heroic individual who saved your mother's life or the value of modern medicine.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2013
