Denigrate

v. t.	1.	To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
	2.	Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. - Morley.

Verb	1.	denigrate - belittle; "Don't belittle his influence" Synonyms: belittle, derogate, minimize
	2.	denigrate - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, sully, smear

asperse, bedarken, besmirch, bespatter, black, blacken, blackwash, blot, blotch, call names, calumniate, charcoal, cork, darken, defame, defile, deprecate, depreciate, despise, dinge, discommend, disdain, disparage, dispraise, disvalue, ebonize, engage in personalities, heap dirt upon, hold in contempt, ink, libel, melanize, muckrake, murk, nigrify, oversmoke, put down, revile, ridicule, scandalize, shade, shadow, slander, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soot, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, tear down, throw mud at, traduce, vilify