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v. - Charge falsely or with malicious intent; Cause to seem less serious.

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  • Everything we shut our eyes at,everything we run away from,everything we deny, denigrate or despise serves to defeat us in the end.
  • BTW, what the heck does my being black have to do with use of the word denigrate, when that word describes what I mean to say?
  • As a matter of fact, they kind of denigrate the whole idea of tankless heaters:
  • Mr. Stollery Liberal Senator agreed that there is a campaign in Canada to "denigrate" UN operations.
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