denigrating

Questions about denigrating

What does denigrating mean?

denigrating means "(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign".

How many syllables are in denigrating?

denigrating has 4 syllables: den-i-gra-ting. The stress falls on "den". In IPA it is /ˈdɛnɪˌɡɹeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for denigrating?

Close synonyms include calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigratory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is denigrating a common word?

denigrating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with denigrating?

2 words rhyme with denigrating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.