as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
theater critics have been denigrating her acting ability for years
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The Ohio senator will be expected to explain past controversial remarks, such as his comments denigrating childless cat ladies and immigrants.
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
Microsoft, in its own, independent assessment published last week, also found that Russian actors had switched to a playbook of denigrating the vice president.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, Paul is denigrated as playing a superficially high-profile, but substantively inconsequential role.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Centrists have been denigrated as squishy, weak in the knees, guilty of being sellouts — and worse, unpatriotic.
—Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
Microsoft, in its own, independent assessment published last week, also found that Russian actors had switched to a playbook of denigrating the vice president.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, Paul is denigrated as playing a superficially high-profile, but substantively inconsequential role.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Centrists have been denigrated as squishy, weak in the knees, guilty of being sellouts — and worse, unpatriotic.
—Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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