vilify
verb (used with object)
to speak ill of; defame; slander.
has vilified
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present perfectof vilify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Justice has also denied any wrongdoing, and like Hogan, he has vilified the news organization that covered his conflicts.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2020
Collins has vilified Venter as untrustworthy and unscrupulous and said he would make the book of life "read like Mad magazine."
From Time Magazine Archive
Nobody has vilified you, but Miss Dobbs saw you examining something, which she says you pushed up your coat sleeve.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
