as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
theater critics have been denigrating her acting ability for years
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Recent Examples of denigrate
President Biden declared a major disaster in response to the firestorms and pledged the federal government’s full support, but President-elect Donald Trump will take over next week and has denigrated California’s leaders for their handling of the crisis.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
In a glimpse of what can be expected in the courtroom, Mr. Netanyahu appears both combative and anxious at times, accusing police of unfairly picking on him and denigrating other witnesses as liars.
—Tia Goldenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
The days of expert systems are often now denigrated as a dead-end and thus some insist that the symbolic world is kaput.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Simitis’ critics on the right and left did their best to denigrate his legacy, highlighting a dubious debt swap concluded after the country had joined the Eurozone as an attempt to massage the debt numbers.
—Demetris Nellas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
In a glimpse of what can be expected in the courtroom, Mr. Netanyahu appears both combative and anxious at times, accusing police of unfairly picking on him and denigrating other witnesses as liars.
—Tia Goldenburg, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
The days of expert systems are often now denigrated as a dead-end and thus some insist that the symbolic world is kaput.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Simitis’ critics on the right and left did their best to denigrate his legacy, highlighting a dubious debt swap concluded after the country had joined the Eurozone as an attempt to massage the debt numbers.
—Demetris Nellas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denigrate
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What’s more, tech companies have hired workers in growing areas such as AI while at the same time dismissing workers in less-promising sectors.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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In his memo, Mizelle also instructed the department to dismiss three existing FACE Act cases.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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This opens a familiar interface, and based on the video attached to the announcement, the platform seems to have options to cast the video to a bigger screen or minimize it.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
20 Jan. 2025
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Try to reduce high blood pressure, manage diabetes and cholesterol, avoid smoking, and minimize alcohol intake.—
Alyssa Hui-Anderson,
Verywell Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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The new aid package swiftly follows Donald Trump's inauguration as president of the United States once more, and U.S. support for Ukraine could diminish soon.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Corporate philanthropy, too, has diminished, which is a particular problem in a city where business leaders once took pride in making generous contributions to the arts.—
David Allen Jenn Ackerman,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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PinkNews journalist Amelia Hansford criticizes the movie for portraying the titular character’s gender transition as a moral decision to absolve her of her past sins.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Trump has been harshly criticized for pardoning Jan. 6 defendants who assaulted police officers but said Tuesday that planned pardons of D.C. police Terence Sutton and Andrew Zabavsky indicate his true stance in support of law enforcement.—
Haisten Willis,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Jan. 2025
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As a drama with an elemental emotional kick—a child alone, facing dangers while trying to find his way home—it has been wrongly disparaged as sentimental, conventional, or even compromised.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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Pay attention to the attempts to disparage the new state’s attorney.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Denigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denigrate. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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