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Denigrate

verb/DEN-i-grayt/

To criticise someone unfairly to make them look bad.

He tried to denigrate her artwork just because he was jealous.

'Denigrate' hides 'nigr' (black) — you blacken someone's good name.

Use for putting someone down unfairly, stronger than mild criticism.