denigrate
I
verb
abase, accuse, asperse, attack, attaint, belittle, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, blacken one's good name, blemish, brand, call names, calumniate, cast aspersions, charge, compromise, condemn, criticize, decry, defame, degrade, delate, denounce, depreciate, deride, dishonor, expose, gibbet, give a bad name, humiliate, implicate, incriminate, inculpate, insult, libel, lower, malign, pillory, put in a bad light, put to shame, reflect poorly upon, reproach, reprove, revile, run down, shame, slander, smear, smirch, sneer at, soil, speak ill of, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, taunt, traduce, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
II
index
cavil, censure, condemn (blame), contemn, decry, defame, denounce (condemn), deprecate, depreciate, derogate, discommend, discredit, dishonor (deprive of honor), disoblige, disparage, fault, impeach, libel, malign, pillory, smear, sully, tarnish
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006