vilify

[ vil-uh-fahy ]

/ ˈvɪl əˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing.

to speak ill of; defame; slander.

Obsolete. to make vile.

Origin of vilify

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word vīlificāre. See vile, -fy

SYNONYMS FOR vilify

1 depreciate, disparage, calumniate, malign, abuse, asperse, blacken.

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ANTONYMS FOR vilify

1 commend.

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OTHER WORDS FROM vilify

vil·i·fi·ca·tion, noun vil·i·fi·er, noun vil·i·fy·ing·ly, adverb un·vil·i·fied, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH vilify

vilify villainize

Words nearby vilify

vil., vila, vila nova de gaia, vilayet, vile, vilify, vilipend, vill, villa, villa cisneros, villa home

Example sentences from the Web for vilify

But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.

Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop |Michael Daly |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And there is the additional fear in these types of cases that the public will vilify the victim, not a celebrity wrongdoer.

Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today |Dean Obeidallah |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With few Yankees left to vilify, Venezuela continues its slow motion spin into disrepair.

Venezuela’s Audio Hoax Sees Chavez Speaking From the Grave |Mac Margolis |October 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Rather than vilify Republicans for their defense of the wealthy, he returned again to trying to win the intellectual high ground.

Is This Thing On? |Daniel Stone |October 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Once upon a pre-feminist time, it was more common to vilify the woman.

Bedding the Boss |Tracy Quan |October 5, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Byron had sworn to love man and nature, and to glorify their works, on the very instant he seeks to degrade and vilify.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 64 No. 396 October 1848 |Various
Lagarde ('Deutsche Schriften,' p. 71) abuses him as a politician might vilify an opponent.

Outspoken Essays |William Ralph Inge
The Levitical party in Madrid have, in the meantime, spared no effort to vilify me.

Letters of George Borrow |George Borrow
There's a vile plot laid between you to delude—to vilify—to destroy me.

Three Courses and a Dessert |Anonymous
The former found it easier to exterminate than to civilize; the latter to vilify than to discriminate.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. |Washington Irving

British Dictionary definitions for vilify

vilify

/ (ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign he has been vilified in the tabloid press

rare to make vile; debase; degrade

Derived forms of vilify

vilification (ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), noun vilifier, noun

Word Origin for vilify

C15: from Late Latin vīlificāre, from Latin vīlis worthless + facere to make

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vilify

verb (used with object), vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing.

Origin of vilify

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

Derived forms of vilify

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vilify

verb (used with object), vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing.

Origin of vilify

SYNONYMS FOR vilify

ANTONYMS FOR vilify

OTHER WORDS FROM vilify

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH vilify

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

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