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Definition of Denigrating
1. Adjective. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
Similar to: Harmful
Derivative terms: Calumny, Calumny, Defame, Denigrate, Denigrate, Libel, Libel, Slander, Slander
Definition of Denigrating
1. Verb. (present participle of denigrate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denigrating
1. denigrate [v] - See also: denigrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denigrating
Literary usage of Denigrating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... mineral earths become black; being either fuliginous concretions in the earth,
or suffering a scorch from denigrating principles in their formation. ..."
2. Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and ...by Thomas Browne, Nath Ekins by Thomas Browne, Nath Ekins (1658)
"... from denigrating Principles in their formation. Se men and other animals
receive different ... as they partake of the fuliginous and denigrating humour. ..."
3. The "A. L. A." Index: An Index to General Literature, Biographical by American Library Association (1892)
"sensitiveness to,Folly of. ...Mathews. Lit. style, 10o. — The slyly-denigrating
kind of Helps. Brevia. — Some principles of.... Symonds. Ess. 1:£4. ..."
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