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vilify

[ vil-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

vilified, vilifying.
  1. to speak ill of; defame; slander.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. Obsolete. to make vile.


vilify

/ 藞v瑟l瑟藢fa瑟; 藢v瑟l瑟f瑟藞ke瑟蕛蓹n /

verb

  1. to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign

    he has been vilified in the tabloid press

  2. rare.
    to make vile; debase; degrade
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • vilification, noun
  • 藞惫颈濒颈藢蹿颈别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 惫颈濒路颈路蹿颈路肠补路迟颈辞苍 [vil-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • 惫颈濒路颈路蹿颈路别谤 noun
  • 惫颈濒路颈路蹿测路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路惫颈濒路颈路蹿颈别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vilify1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word 惫墨濒颈蹿颈肠腻谤别. See vile, -fy
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vilify1

C15: from Late Latin 惫墨濒颈蹿颈肠腻谤别, from Latin 惫墨濒颈蝉 worthless + facere to make
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Example Sentences

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He was called a communist sympathizer, and political rivals vilified him.

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Times Festival of Books on Saturday, Knox was candid about connecting with other women who she says have been publicly vilified.

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Asked to comment about the senators鈥 letter, McLaughlin said, 鈥淭he vilifying of our law enforcement must stop.鈥

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She smiles often and laughs easily, a very American trait that helped vilify her in European eyes during her trial.

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鈥淐olumbia cultivated the environment for this to happen by vilifying, demonizing and criminalizing these students to begin with, instead of working with them,鈥 Kiswani said.

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