Vilify
['vɪlɪfaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) spread negative information about; 'The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews'.
Checker: Mollie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
(v. t.) To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
(v. t.) To treat as vile; to despise.
Typed by Debora
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Defame, traduce, revile, asperse, calumniate, scandalize, malign, reproach, abuse, blacken, blemish, slur, vituperate, backbite, lampoon, disparage, upbraid, berate, run down, speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Debase, degrade, spoil, deteriorate, mar, defame, traduce, asperse, stigmatize,slander, upbraid, abuse, decry, cheapen
ANT:Purify, refine, exalt, raise, improve, enhance, eulogize, praise, laud,panegyrize, commend
Typist: Stanley
Examples
- He cursed and vilified the hilltop. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He continued to shake his head happily as Pilar went on vilifying and Robert Jordan knew that it was all right again now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No man--no woman--is always strong, always able to bear up against the unjust opinion, the vilifying word. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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