Meaning
to denigrate, to disparage
- to belittle or speak ill of someone or something
- to damage the reputation of someone
In a sentence
Non dovresti denigrare i colleghi solo per metterti in buona luce.
You shouldn't belittle your colleagues just to look good.
L'articolo denigrava ingiustamente i risultati ottenuti dalla nostra squadra di ricerca.
The article unfairly disparaged the results achieved by our research team.
Perché continui a denigrare ogni proposta avanzata durante la riunione?
Why do you keep running down every proposal made during the meeting?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| denigrare | infinitive |
| denigro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| denigri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| denigra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| denigriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| denigrate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| denigrano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| denigravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| denigravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| denigrava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| denigravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| denigravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| denigravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| denigrai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| denigrasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| denigrò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| denigrammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| denigraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| denigrarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| denigrerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| denigrerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| denigrerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| denigreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| denigrerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| denigreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| denigri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| denigri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| denigri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| denigriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| denigriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| denigrino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| denigrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| denigrassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| denigrasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| denigrassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| denigraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| denigrassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| denigrerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| denigreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| denigrerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| denigreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| denigrereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| denigrerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| denigra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| denigriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| denigrate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| denigrando | gerund |
| denigrato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Transitive verb taking a direct object without a preposition.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.