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Denigrate vs Deplorable - What's the difference?

denigrate | deplorable |

As a verb denigrate

is to criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

As an adjective deplorable is

lamentable, regrettable.

denigrate

English

Verb

(denigrat)
  • To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
  • (rare) To blacken.
  • Derived terms

    * denigration * denigratory

    deplorable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad.
  • (senseid)To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion.
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  • *:Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable , fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability:it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
  • Synonyms

    * pathetic