Grammatical class

Verb

dénigrer

to denigrate (to criticise or defame)

Details

Syllables

dé-ni-grer

Phonetics

de.ni.gʁe

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

41400

Freq. (movies)

25464

Freq. (news)

19971

Sentences

Tu ne gagnes rien à dénigrer les autres.

You gain nothing by speaking ill of others.

A1

Nous n'avions pas l'intention de dénigrer nos concurrents.

We didn't mean to disparage our contenders.

B1

J'ai demandé à Tom de l'aide pour faire des photocopies, mais il a tendance à dénigrer les tâches qu'il pense être « du travail de femme. »

I asked Tom to help make photocopies, but he tends to thumb his nose at jobs he thinks are "women's work."

B1