adj
Meaning 1
Derogated, annulled in part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
derogate
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UK: /ˈdɛɹəɡeɪt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Debased, deteriorated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 3
To partially repeal (a law etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vilify, depreciate, downplay, bagatellize, banalize, belittle, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage, dispraise, lilliputianize, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, play down, set at nought, superficialize, trivialize, underestimate, underplay, understate, vilipend
Antonyms: praise, laud, glorify, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overdo, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch, three-sheet, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, honor, idolize, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, puff, revere, speak well of, transfigure, venerate, worthy
verb
Meaning 5
To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
cause to seem less serious; play down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Don't belittle his influence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: minimize, belittle, denigrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disparage, belittle, pick at
Narrower terms: talk down
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English derogat(e) (“annulled, abrogated”, used participially and later as the past participle of derogaten), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Inherited from Late Middle English derogaten, from derogat(e) (“annulled, abrogated”, used participially and later as the past participle of derogaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) borrowed from Latin dērogātus, perfect passive participle of dērogō (“to annul, repeal part of a law, take away, detract from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“from”) + rogō (“to ask, enquire; to propose a law”). Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 贬低 (biǎndī) — to partially repeal
- Chinese Mandarin: 貶低 /贬低 (biǎndī) — to partially repeal
- Finnish: kumota osittain — to partially repeal
- Italian: derogare — to partially repeal
- Italian: abrogare parzialmente — to partially repeal
- Bulgarian: омаловажавам (omalovažavam) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Finnish: vähätellä — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Finnish: halventaa — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Italian: detrarre — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Japanese: 貶す (kenasu) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Polish: umniejszać — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Russian: принижать (prinižatʹ) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Russian: умалять (umaljatʹ) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Thai: ดูหมิ่น (duu-mìn) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Thai: ดูถูก (duu-tùuk) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Thai: ดูแคลน (duu-klɛɛn) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Thai: ด้อยค่า (dɔ̂i-kâa) — to detract from something; to belittle; disparage
- Bulgarian: отнемам от (otnemam ot) — to take away or detract from
- Catalan: derogar — to take away or detract from
- Czech: odejmout — to take away or detract from
- Finnish: vähentää — to take away or detract from
- Finnish: nakertaa — to take away or detract from
- Finnish: murentaa — to take away or detract from
- Italian: rimuovere — to take away or detract from
- Portuguese: denegrir — to take away or detract from
- Bulgarian: подбивам (podbivam) — to remove a part; to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)
- Finnish: nakertaa — to remove a part; to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)
- Finnish: murentaa — to remove a part; to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)
- Italian: togliere — to remove a part; to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)
- Japanese: 卑しめる (iyashimeru) — to remove a part; to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)
- Japanese: 卑下する (hige suru) — to remove a part; to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.)