Vocabulary
Denigrate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
criticize unfairly; disparage.
Urdu meaning
بدنام، سیاہ کرنا، کلنک کا ٹیکہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Mr Sanaullah also advised that some confidence-building measures be taken to make this possible, such as the opposition PTI distancing itself from social media campaigns and accounts that denigrate the armed forces and their leadership.
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— 2026-01-03
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At its nadir, the cold war between the two parties saw elaborate press conferences being held almost every day, in which one party would denigrate the other at length.
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— 2025-10-18
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This is not to denigrate the efforts of courageous outspoken governments, the UN and its various aid agencies.
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— 2025-08-28
Synonyms
disparage, diminish, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize unfairly
Curator example
“doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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