denigrate-v; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: Charge falsely or with malicious intent, possibly with the result of making something seem less legitimate or serious.

Examples:
Don't denigrate his influence on this court decision.
The article in the paper denigrated my reputation.
The journalists have denigrated me!
We should not denigrate our neighbors.

Mappings:
VerbNet: judgement-33.1-1
FrameNet: Judgment_communication
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2