denigrator

From denigrate +‎ -or (agent noun suffix).

• enPR: dĕn′ĭ-grā-tər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯.tə/, /ˈden.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯.tə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹeɪ̯.təɹ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈden.ɪ.ɡɹæɪ̯.tə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈden.ə.ɡɹæɪ̯.tə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.ɪ.ɡɹe.təɹ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɛ(ː)n.ɪ.ɡɾeː.ʈɜː(ɾ)/, /ˈɖɛ(ː)n.ɪ.ɡɾeː.ʈəɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪɡreɪtə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: den‧i‧gra‧tor

denigrator (plural denigrators)

2. One who denigrates.

   Synonym: depreciator

   • 2009 August 23, Janet Maslin, “Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man and Freud, Too”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2009:

     Among Baum’s many incarnations were these: military school student, actor, poultry expert, newspaperman, retailer, window dresser, women’s rights advocate, racist denigrator of American Indians and early Hollywood filmmaker.

• “denigrator”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• in regard to

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.nɪˈɡraː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.niˈɡraː.tor]
• Hyphenation: dē‧ni‧grā‧tor

From dēnigrō + -tor (agent noun suffix).

dēnigrātor m (genitive dēnigrātōris); third declension

2. (figurative) denigrator (one who denigrates)
   • 1221, Garl., Epith. VI.Summa.38, (DMLBS):

     invidus percutitur mordāx oblātrātor, ¶ thalamī gemmiferī niger dēnigrātor

     the envious, biting barker is struck down, ¶ the black denigrator of the jewel-bearing chamber

Third-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dēnigrātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēnigrō

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “denigrator”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

• денигратор (denigrator) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from Latin dēnigrātor.

• IPA^(key): /de.ni.ɡraˈtor/
• Rhymes: -or
• Hyphenation: de‧ni‧gra‧tor

denigrator m (plural denigratori, feminine equivalent denigratoare)

2. denigrator (one who denigrates)

• “denigrator”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026