denigrate (redirected from denigratory)

denigrate verb abase, accuse, asperse, attack, attaint, belittle, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, blacken one's good name, blemish, brand, call names, calumniate, cast aspersions, charge, compromise, condemn, criticize, decry, defame, degrade, delate, denounce, depreciate, dishonor, expose, gibbet, give a bad name, humiliate, implicate, incriminate, inculpate, insult, libel, lower, malign, pillory, put in a bad light, put to shame, reflect poorly upon, reproach, reprove, revile, run down, shame, slander, smear, smirch, sneer at, soil, speak ill of, stain, stigmatize, sully, taunt, traduce, vilify, vilipend, vituperate

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See also: blame, cavil, censure, condemn, contemn, decry, defame, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, discommend, discredit, dishonor, disoblige, disparage, fault, impeach, libel, malign, pillory, smear, sully, tarnish