Saturday, February 7, 2009
Word of the Day for Saturday, February 7, 2009denigrate \DEN-i-greyt\, verb:to attack the character or reputation of; defameMy sister denigrates her husband in every conversation.by 1526, from Latin denigratus/denigrare "to blacken, defame," from de- "completely" + nigr-, stem of niger "black," of...
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