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den·i·grat·ing | \ ˈde-ni-ˌgrā-tiŋ 
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\Definition of denigrating
: tending or serving to insult or belittle someone
a denigrating stereotype Their comments are denigrating to women. His nickname, Mack the Nice, captured the man, but some used the moniker in a denigrating way …— Sidney Blumenthal — see also self-denigrating
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The first known use of denigrating was in 1646
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