denigrated in English

verb

1

criticize unfairly; disparage.

there is a tendency to denigrate the poor

synonyms: disparage, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize, attack, speak ill of, give someone a bad name, defame, slander, libel, run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify, slur, badmouth, dis, pull to pieces, talk smack

verb

disparage, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize, attack, speak ill of, give someone a bad name, defame, slander, libel, run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify, slur, badmouth, dis, pull to pieces, talk smack
smear, smirch, calumniate, asperse, sully, defame, besmirch, slander
derogate, belittle, minimize

Use "denigrated" in a sentence

1. In many cases, the work ethic is denigrated and impulse repression is replaced by an incitement to self-expression.

2. 164), but these “Arbitrationist” speakers were denigrated by pro-war speakers as wearing “petticoats” and being cowed by suffragists

3. In contrast with the above-quoted accolades, however, the Talmud has been denigrated and called “a sea of obscurity and mud.”

4. In the chaos of the reconstruction period, genetic engineering came under the control of the Belial group, and then denigrated into corrupt uses of greed and power.

5. Denigrated by some as a fashionable flash in the pan and job killer and praised by others as a cure-all – the online production of templates is a profitable but controversial phenomenon.

6. Mike Nichols: A life is an invaluable contribution to the history of American theatre and film since World War II as well as a colorful portrait of one of its most celebrated and at times denigrated practitioners.” —John M