vilify – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
vilify
v.
slander, defame
Defamation
vilify
Verb
1. spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
(synonym) revile, vituperate, rail
(hypernym) abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
(derivation) abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification
Vilify
(v. t.)
To treat as vile; to despise.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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vilify
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, asperse, assail, attaint, bad-mouth, bark at, berate, besmirch, bespatter, betongue, blacken, blackguard, blaspheme, blot, blow upon, brand, call names, calumniate, censure, curse, cuss out, damn, debase, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, devalue, diminish, disapprove, disparage, engage in personalities, epithet, epithetize, execrate, expose, expose to infamy, fulminate against, gibbet, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon, jaw, libel, load with reproaches, malign, mistreat, misuse, muckrake, outrage, pillory, rag, rail at, rate, rave against, reprimand, revile, run down, slander, slur, smear, smirch, soil, speak ill of, stain, stigmatize, sully, swear, swear at, taint, tarnish, tear down, throw mud at, thunder against, tongue-lash, traduce, vituperate, yell at, yelp at
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
