denigrate
verb (used with object)
denigrated
Example Sentences
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“Classical architecture is often denigrated by cultural elites,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Trevor Phillips, former chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, told me communities should not be "denigrated" for their anger.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Instead, Macdonald provides clips of Lennon and Ono on talk shows discussing their marriage or disparaging his former Beatles bandmates for not standing up for Ono when the press denigrated her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
The very traditional rap song takes the listener through a list of people who have wronged and denigrated the rapper's name.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
“She traded me in for a better man,” he would say to Mammachi, and she would flinch as though he had denigrated her instead of himself.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
