denigratory


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Adj.1.denigratory - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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denigratory

[ˌdenɪˈgreɪtərɪ] ADJdenigratorio
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denigratory

[ˈdɛnɪˌgreɪtrɪ] adjdenigratorio/a
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Consequently, Syria's opposition communities began referring to the group as "Hitish"--a use of the "HTS" acronym in Arabic and purposefully denigratory given its audible similarity to the Islamic State's pejorative acronym-based nickname, Daesh.
denigratory of state[s]." Cox, supra note 290, at 1339-40.
One censorship action refers to immoral behaviour seasoned with crude language, then there were also a few politically incorrect comments in some novels and, of course, the denigratory images of Spain in The Summer before the Dark.
"The committee agreed that the offensive, denigratory and discriminatory actions of a group of Ukrainian supporters were shameful and a clear breach of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC).
It has to do with the way we tell our story which, if not altogether denigratory, certainly is not happy with itself.
On the Bulgarian fans, Fifa said "the offensive, denigratory and discriminatory actions of a small group of Bulgarian supporters was shameful and a clear breach of the Fifa disciplinary code".
He suggests that it is precisely the general obliviousness to Italy's colonial history that facilitates the unreflective perpetuation of colonial violence that he diagnoses in contemporary Italian society: 'The lack of academic and social debate about its colonial campaigns', he suggests, 'left a permanent stain within Italian society, a society that still finds broadcasts of denigratory visual representations of other cultures perfectly acceptable'.
Stella McCartney Ltd complained that the ad was denigratory and took unfair advantage of the brand because it associated it with a personal hygiene product without permission.
The more truthful the information, the less likely is splitting between an idealised version of birth parents and a denigratory portrayal of adopters.
Postlewait surveys both celebratory and denigratory views of Edwardes and musical comedy and, following Peter Bailey, argues that as much as avant-garde drama, 'the popular theatre, on and off stage, was becoming a new kind of social process for articulating the texture and conditions of urban life' (p.
Whatever denigration is present in the descriptions of squabbling and fighting can take place only because the narrator has taken part in it: the tone is one of good-natured familiarity." The mention of 'wicked stories' sounds denigratory, but it also acts as a not particularly covert reference to Kipling's own reputation as purveyor of stories about the seamy side of Simla.