denigrate
verb (used with object)
denigrates
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present tense formof denigrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It issued a four-page fact-check of the book that denigrates Wynn-Williams’ ostensibly “new” claims by asserting that they were mostly published previously, and even helpfully provides links to the original reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
A spokesperson for the ASA said: "We've received a complaint about a Nationwide ad. The complainant argues that the ad is misleading around other banks closing branches, and discredits and denigrates its competitors."
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
“It denigrates the millions of victims of the Shoah in a despicable manner,” the council’s president, Josef Schuster, said, using the Hebrew name for the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Elsewhere, Ingram denigrates freedom of speech and the press:
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2021
The ADL tweeted that Crawford “should be ashamed of her rhetoric that undermines science and denigrates the suffering of millions murdered during the Holocaust.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
