DENIGRATING Synonyms

• (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

• causing awareness of your shortcomings

• tending to diminish or disparage

• tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value

• tending to diminish or disparage

• expressive of low opinion

• expressive of low opinion

• expressive of low opinion

• express strong disapproval of

• evil or harmful in nature or influence

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• speak unfavorably about

• spread negative information about

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• express a negative opinion of

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• smear so as to make dirty or stained

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone