“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate people who do. And for those who do like country music, denigrate means ‘to put down’”
Actually, it doesn’t;
den·i·grate Audio Help /ˈdɛnɪˌgreɪt/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[den-i-greyt] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), -grat·ed, -grat·ing.
1. to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone’s character.
2. to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage: to denigrate someone’s contributions to a project.
3. to make black; blacken: rain clouds denigrating the sky.
[Origin: 1520–30; < L dénigrātus (ptp. of dénigrāre to blacken), equiv. to dé- de- + nigr(āre) to make black + -ātus -ate1]
—Related forms
den·i·gra·tion, noun
den·i·gra·tive, adjective
den·i·gra·tor, noun
den·i·gra·to·ry
Nothing there about ‘to stop carrying’ something.
Much ado over nothing, Ohhhh……BAMA hasn’t a snowballs chance in ‘ell of getting elected POTUS. Even if he manges to do in Billery, there is always Raoul. Not to mention he will put up Dukakis type EV margins.
