Synonyms of the word

denigration

• n. The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
• n. An unfair criticism.

aspersion

• n. An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon.
• n. (obsolete) A sprinkling of holy water.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

belittling

• v. present participle of belittle.
• n. belittlement.

calumny

• n. A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
• n. False charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.

defamation

• n. The act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of…

deprecation

• n. (uncountable) The act of deprecating.
• n. (countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression…
• n. Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
• n. (countable) An imprecation or curse.

depreciation

• n. The state of being depreciated.
• n. The decline in value of assets.
• n. (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which…

derogation

• n. An act which belittles; disparagement.
• n. (law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.

disparagement

• n. The act of disparaging, of belittling.

dispraise

• v. To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.

slander

• n. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to…
• v. To utter a slanderous statement; baselessly speak ill of.