Belittle - it angered assembly (9)

I believe the answer is:

denigrate

'belittle' is the definition.
(I know that belittle can be written as denigrate)

'it angered assembly' is the wordplay.
'assembly' indicates an anagram.
'it'+'angered'='itangered'
'itangered' anagrammed gives 'DENIGRATE'.

(Other definitions for denigrate that I've seen before include "Bad-mouth" , "Defame" , "put down" , "Slight" , "Run down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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