vilification – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
vilification
n.
slander
Defamation
vilification
Noun
1. slanderous defamation
(synonym) smear, malignment
(hypernym) defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
(derivation) vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
(synonym) abuse, insult, revilement, contumely
(hypernym) disrespect, discourtesy
(hyponym) low blow
(derivation) vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
Vilification
(n.)
The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
vilification
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade, tongue-lashing, vituperation
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
