denigrating
de ni gray ting
- v cause to seem less serious; play down
- v charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- s (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- But then Soviet authorities suddenly summoned two American reporters to a Moscow court and charged them with "denigrating the honor and dignity" of Soviet TV officials.
- Already there are blogs, websites and fund-raising campaigns dedicated to denigrating her.
- Instead of staying out of the opposing party's primary, he invaded it by spending an estimated $10 million on ads denigrating the more moderateand therefore more .