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DEROGATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to seem less serious; play down

Example:

Don't belittle his influence

Synonyms:

belittle; denigrate; derogate; minimize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "derogate" is one way to...):

belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "derogate"):

talk down (belittle through talk)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

derogation (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

derogative; derogatory (expressive of low opinion)

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