Meaning
- (verb) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- (verb) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage. “You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.”
- (verb) To blacken.
Letter breakdown
- Denigrate contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Words from these letters
- gradient
- regained
- retained
- treading
- angered
- darting
- derange
- dragnet
- enraged
- grandee
- granite
- granted
- grenade
- ingrate
- integer
- negated
- reading
- reagent
- reigned
- retinae
- tangier
- tearing
- trading
- trained
- trainee
- treeing
- agreed
- anteed
- ardent
- danger
- daring
- dating
- denier
- detain
- dieter
- earned
- eating
- edgier
- endear
- enrage
- entire
- gained
- gaiter
- gander
- garden
- garnet
- geared
- gender
- genera
- girted
- grated
- neared
- neater
- negate
- rained
- ranged
- ranted
- rating
- regain
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with DEN
- den
- denature
- denatured
- denatures
- denaturing
- dendrite
- dendrites
- deniability
- denial
- denials
- denied
- denier
- deniers
- denies
- denigrated
- denigrates
- denigrating
- denigration
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Words ending with ATE
Reader questions
What does Denigrate mean?
To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
How many letters are in Denigrate?
Denigrate has 9 letters.
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