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貶める · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Expresses active contempt or scorn, often with intent to lower someone's reputation or worth. Stronger than 見下す.

Related words

見み下くだすN1sense 1
見下す means to look down on someone from a position of assumed superiority, while 貶める implies actively trying to damage that person's reputation or worth.
蔑さげすむN1sense 1
蔑む describes the feeling of contempt or scorn toward someone, whereas 貶める focuses on the act of lowering their status or reputation.
中ちゅう傷しょうN1sense 1
中傷する specifically means to slander or spread damaging rumors, while 貶める covers any act—verbal or otherwise—that lowers someone's worth or standing.
落おとすN4sense 2
落とす is the general verb for dropping or lowering something, physically or abstractly, while 貶める is specifically about damaging someone's status, value, or reputation with moral disapproval.
汚よごすN3
貶める means to deliberately demean or belittle someone's reputation, while 汚す (けがす) refers more broadly to sullying honor or purity, often through one's own conduct.

Don't confuse with

陥おとしいれる
陥れる means to trap or ensnare someone into a bad situation, while 貶める means to disparage or lower someone's reputation through words or judgment, not physical entrapment.
卑いやしめる sense 1
卑しめる is an older, more literary word meaning to despise or treat as base, while 貶める is the more common modern verb for actively lowering someone's status or worth.
けなすN2
貶める shares the kanji 貶 with 貶す but means to lower someone's status or reputation, whereas 貶す simply means to criticize or speak badly of something verbally.