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verb
- 1. speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner: "he has been vilified in the press"
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Vilify means to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts, see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and find translations in other languages.
Vilify means to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them. Learn how to use this formal verb in different contexts, see examples from various sources and find translations in other languages.
Vilify means to speak of as wicked or to lower in estimation or importance. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and related words of vilify from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Vilify means to say or write unpleasant things about somebody or something so that other people will have a low opinion of them. Learn how to use this formal verb with examples, synonyms, pronunciation and word origin.
To vilify someone is to spread nasty stories about them, whether true or not. The verb vilify comes from the same root as the word vile and is a negative word if ever there was one!
Vilify means to attack the reputation of someone or something with strong or abusive criticism. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of vilify, as well as synonyms and related words.
Vilify means to say or write very unpleasant things about someone, so that people will have a low opinion of them. Learn more about the word forms, synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of vilify in British and American English.
Vilify means to speak ill of, defame, or slander someone or something. It comes from Latin vīlificāre, meaning to make vile or worthless. See the word history, derived forms, and usage examples of vilify.
Vilify means to say bad things about someone so that other people will not like or approve of them. See examples, synonyms and translations of vilify in different languages.
vilify (third-person singular simple present vilifies, present participle vilifying, simple past and past participle vilified) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. Synonyms: abuse, assail, criticize, decry, denigrate, demonize, denounce, libel, revile, slander, run down; see also Thesaurus: defame
