Vilify
21vilify — v. a. Defame, traduce, revile, slander, asperse, calumniate, scandalize, malign, abuse, blacken, blemish, slur, vituperate, backbite, lampoon, disparage, berate, run down, speak ill of, accuse falsely, decry …
22vilify — verb (T) formal to say bad things about someone, especially things that are not true, in order to influence other people against them vilification / vIlifi keISFn/ noun (C): his vilification by the popular press …
23vilify — verb the press has eagerly vilified Smith and her attorneys Syn: disparage, denigrate, defame, run down, revile, abuse, speak ill of, criticize, condemn, denounce; malign, slander, libel, slur; informal tear apart/into, lay into, slam, badmouth …
24vilify — v 1. defame, denigrate, vituperate, vilipend, scandalize, run down; berate, impugn, revile, blackguard, malign, gibbet, criticize, pull to pieces, Sl. do a hatchet job on, give a bad name, speak ill of, speak evil of, sneer at, ridicule, contemn …
25vilify — vil·i·fy …
26vilify — [ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ] verb [T] formal to criticize someone very strongly, especially in a way that is not fair vilification [ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …
27vilify — vil•i•fy [[t]ˈvɪl əˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing 1) to speak ill of; defame; slander 2) Obs. to make vile • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < LL vīlificāre. See vile, fy vil i•fi•ca′tion, n. vil′i•fi er, n …
28vilify — v.t. slander; degrade. ♦ vilification, n. ♦ vilipend, v.t. speak slightingly of. ♦ vilipenditory, a. despising …
29vilify — v.tr. ( ies, ied) defame; speak evil of. Derivatives: vilification n. vilifier n. Etymology: ME in sense lower in value , f. LL vilificare (as VILE) …
30Vilified — Vilify Vil i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vilified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vilifying}.] [L. vilis vile + fly; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value.] 1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.] [1913 Webster] When themselves they… …
