vilify
to speak ill of; defame; slander.
Obsolete. to make vile.
Origin of vilify
1Other words for vilify
Opposites for vilify
Other words from vilify
- vil·i·fi·ca·tion [vil-uh-fi-key-shuhn], /ˌvɪl ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, 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
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use vilify in a sentence
The bitcoin community and press have vilified Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Mt. Gox, as a clown and a con man.
Vilified Bitcoin Tycoon After Losing $500 Million: My Life Is at Risk | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Working mothers” have been variously vilified, and now lauded, for attempting to balance career and home lives.
Those who dissent from the accepted point of view can expect their work to be simply ignored, or in some cases vilified.
Watch What You Say, The New Liberal Power Elite Won’t Tolerate Dissent | Joel Kotkin | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are almost no examples of women having affairs and not being vilified.
Novelist Holly Peterson Talks About New York, Power Trippers, and Love | Hannah Seligson | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring the trial Gavin, then 15, was vilified as an accomplished liar.
Gavin Arvizo’s New Beginning: Jackson Abuse Accuser Gets Married at 24 | Diane Dimond | December 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the early years of his wedded life he killed in a duel —though unknown to his wife—a man who had vilified Mme. Desmarets.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThey have been vilified and traduced—but what would Ireland be without them?
Lavengro | George BorrowTo neither reformer nor reactionary would he concede one jot, p 164and in consequence from each side he was vilified.
The Age of Erasmus | P. S. AllenThe encomium holding good of herself, she refrained from lecturing him on the subject of the vilified Denham.
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordThere is no class of persons so generally underrated and vilified, yet this would be a dull world without them.
British Dictionary definitions for vilify
/ (ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ) /
to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign: he has been vilified in the tabloid press
rare to make vile; debase; degrade
Origin of vilify
1Derived forms of vilify
- vilification (ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), noun
- vilifier, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse