denigrated
past simple and past participle ofdenigrate
| 单词 | denigrated |
| 释义 | denigrated past simple and past participle ofdenigrate denigrate verb[T] uk/ˈden.ɪ.ɡreɪt/us/ˈden.ə.ɡreɪt/to say that someone or something is not good orimportant: You shouldn't denigratepeoplejust because they have differentbeliefsfrom you. Synonym defameformal Compare libelnoun slanderverb Treating as unimportant
Examplesofdenigrateddenigrated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Reformersdenigratedthe casual and inhumane mode of legislating in the eighteenth century and estimated that over 200 capital offences had been created. From theCambridge English Corpus People's "pathological" skills can be accepted as adaptive strengths instead ofdenigratedas immature remnants of early childhood. From theCambridge English Corpus Socrates, for one, praised the reflective life of the mind (his injunction: "know thyself ") anddenigratedthe body (and its emotions) as an interference. From theCambridge English Corpus Liberal aesthetic theory in the 1950sdenigratedthe eye in favour of the word. From theCambridge English Corpus Villagers rarely asked questions, and when they did, these questions were often dismissed or the questionerdenigrated. From theCambridge English Corpus It is clear that while earlier generations of historians havedenigratedpast achievements, this intellectual smugness can no longer be sustained. From theCambridge English Corpus And, in some contexts, they feel respected and affirmed when others address them in their language anddenigratedwhen others impose their own linguistic preferences. From theCambridge English Corpus Given these constraints, their achievements can be seen to have been remarkable, and, rather thandenigrated, should be applauded. From theCambridge English Corpus The trades and professions are to bedenigrated. From theCambridge English Corpus Thedenigrated"individualism" of young people seems to be about their hesitancy in linking their subjective identities and lifestyles to a single national project. From theCambridge English Corpus The doubleness of the position of the laboring-class woman, simultaneously eroticized anddenigrated, compounds the already considerable ambiguities faced by a woman writing in disguise as a man. From theCambridge English Corpus Significantly, he alsodenigrated, at least by implication, the other component of the classical art - the value of a stable background framework, such as agreed subject classifications. From theCambridge English Corpus Although that is not the topic of this article, it nonetheless supports our point that gender slurs were issued by those who dismissed ordenigratedwomen's politicization. From theCambridge English Corpus Whereas sound symbolism seems to hold a significant place for the authors, linguistic theory and what it offers to the study of the development of grammar isdenigrated. From theCambridge English Corpus Servitude, devotion, and attachment were on the one hand elevated to the most perfect of virtues and on the otherdenigratedas the basest of conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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