denigrate
to criticize unfairly so as to belittle
Word origin: From Latin denigrare, to blacken, from niger, black.
Denigrate in a sentence
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He denigrated his rivals' work to make his own seem superior.
It is possible to question a rival's methods without denigrating his motives or character.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “denigrate” well
Denigrate means to attack someone's reputation unfairly, pairing with disparage and malign. It implies blackening a name rather than offering fair criticism.
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