denigration
denigration noun: the act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
Noun
denigration (countable and uncountable, plural denigrations)
- The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
- An unfair criticism.
- To nostalgic eyes they became absolutely and almost mercifully unrecognisable. Nor did they escape a full measure of denigration.1952 January, Henry Maxwell, “Farewell to the "T14s"”, in Railway Magazine, page 57
denigration meaning in Urdu and Arabic
denigration in Urdu
- بدنامی, کلنک کا ٹیکا
denigration in Arabic
- blackening or defamation
- تَسْوِيد taswīd
Forms of denigration
| plural | denigrations |
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Origin of denigration
By surface analysis, denigrate + -ion.
Words that rhyme with denigration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about denigration
- What does denigration mean?
- Denigration means the act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
- What is denigration in Urdu?
- Denigration in Urdu is بدنامی, کلنک کا ٹیکا. See Denigration meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is denigration?
- Denigration is a noun.
- What is the plural of denigration?
- The plural of denigration is denigrations.
Words near denigration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: denigration (page history and authors); denigration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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