If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
例句
The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion...該修正案對貶損某一宗教教物或信仰的淫穢或不雅內容予以禁止。The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the State can ban pornographic images which 'denigrate women'.加拿大最高法院裁定國家有權查禁“侮辱女性”的色情圖片。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign