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View usage for: (vɪlɪfaɪ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense vilifies, present participle vilifying, past tense, past participle vilifiedverbIf you are vilified by someone, they say or write very unpleasant things about you, so that people will have a low opinion of you. [formal] His lawyer was vilified for representing him. [be VERB-ed + for] He was vilified, hounded, and forced into exile by the FBI. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: malign, abuse, denigrate, knock [informal] More Synonyms of vilify vilification (vɪlɪfɪkeɪʃən) uncountable noun Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to. Synonyms: denigration, abuse, defamation, invective More Synonyms of vilify vilify in British English (ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ) verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive)1. to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign he has been vilified in the tabloid press 2. rare to make vile; debase; degrade Derived forms vilification (ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) noun vilifier (ˈviliˌfier) noun Word origin C15: from Late Latin vīlificāre, from Latin vīlis worthless + facere to make vilify in American English (ˈvɪləˌfaɪ) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈviliˌfied or ˈviliˌfying to use abusive or slanderous language about or of; calumniate; revile; defame Derived forms vilification (ˌvilifiˈcation) noun vilifier (ˈviliˌfier) noun Word origin LL(Ec) vilificare: see vile & -fy Examples of 'vilify' in a sentencevilify Definition to speak very badly of (someone) He was vilified and forced into exile. Synonyms rubbish (informal) run down slag (off) (slang) dump on (slang) debase bad-mouth (slang) speak ill of pull to pieces (informal) calumniate vituperate asperse vilipend (rare) Opposites honour , praise , esteem , big up (slang, mainly Caribbean) , adore , revere , commend , glorify , exalt , venerate Additional synonymsDefinition to speak insultingly or cruelly to He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers. Synonyms insult, injure, offend, curse, put down, smear, libel, slate (informal, British), slag (off) (slang), malign, scold, swear at, disparage, castigate, revile, vilify, slander, diss (slang), defame, upbraid, slight, flame (informal), inveigh against, call names, traduce (formal), calumniate, vituperateDefinition to scold harshly Marion berated Joe for the noise he made. Synonyms scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, blast, carpet (informal), put down, criticize, slate (informal, British), censure, castigate, revile, chide, harangue, tear into (informal), tell off (informal), rail at, flame (informal), diss (slang), read the riot act to, reprove, upbraid, slap on the wrist, lambast(e), bawl out (informal), excoriate, rap over the knuckles, chew out (US, Canadian, informal), tear (someone) off a strip (British, informal), give a rocket (British, New Zealand, informal), vituperateDefinition to make false or malicious statements about (someone) Synonyms slander, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), libel, blacken, slag (off) (slang), detract, malign, misrepresent, denigrate, revile, vilify, lampoon, stigmatize, defame, bad-mouth (slang), traduce, backbite, asperse, vilipend (rare) - vile
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Additional synonymsDefinition to express open disapproval of He is impatient with those who decry the scheme. Synonyms condemn, blame, abuse, blast, flame (informal), denounce, put down, criticize, run down, discredit, censure, detract, denigrate, belittle, disparage, rail against, depreciate, tear into (informal), diss (slang), lambast(e), traduce (formal), excoriate, derogate, cry down, asperse Definition to attack the good reputation of He complained that the article defamed him. Synonyms slander, smear, libel, discredit, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), disgrace, blacken, slag (off) (slang), detract, malign, denigrate, disparage, vilify, dishonour, stigmatize, bad-mouth (slang), besmirch, traduce (formal), cast aspersions on, speak evil of, cast a slur on, calumniate, vituperate, asperse Definition to criticize (someone or something) unfairly We habitually denigrated our boss in his absence. Synonyms disparage, run down, slag (off) (slang), knock (informal), rubbish (informal), blacken, malign, belittle, decry, revile, vilify, slander, defame, bad-mouth (slang), besmirch, impugn, calumniate, asperse Definition to speak contemptuously of his tendency to disparage literature Synonyms run down, dismiss, put down, criticize, underestimate, discredit, ridicule, scorn, minimize, disdain, undervalue, deride, slag (off) (slang), knock (informal), blast, flame (informal), rubbish (informal), malign, detract from, denigrate, belittle, decry, underrate, vilify, slander, deprecate, tear into (informal), diss (slang), throw shade (at) (slang), defame, bad-mouth (slang), lambast(e), traduce (formal), derogate, asperse Definition to criticize adversely I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them. Synonyms criticize, condemn, put down, run down, abuse, blast, pan (informal), slam (slang), flame (informal), slate (informal), have a go (at) (informal), censure, slag (off) (slang), denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, diss (slang), throw shade (at) (slang), find fault with, carp at, lambast(e), pick holes in, cast aspersions on, cavil at, pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, nit-pick (informal) Definition to be abusively scornful of What right had the crowd to revile them? Synonyms malign, abuse, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), run down, smear, libel, scorn, slag (off) (slang), reproach, denigrate, vilify, slander, defame, bad-mouth (slang), traduce, calumniate, vituperate, asperse Definition to utter slander (about) He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the politician. Synonyms defame, smear, libel, slur, malign, detract, disparage, decry, vilify, traduce (formal), backbite, blacken (someone's) name, calumniate, muckrake Definition to spread false and damaging rumours (about) a crude attempt to smear her Synonyms slander, tarnish, malign, vilify, blacken, sully, besmirch, traduce (formal), calumniate, asperse, drag (someone's) name through the mud Definition to speak badly of (someone) They have been traduced in the press as xenophobic bigots. Synonyms malign, abuse, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), run down, smear, blacken, slag (off) (slang), detract, misrepresent, denigrate, disparage, decry, revile, vilify, slander, dump on (slang, US), deprecate, depreciate, defame, bad-mouth (slang), speak ill of, drag through the mud, calumniate, asperse |