vilify
verb (used with object), vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing.
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Related Words for vilify
revile, decry, smear, denounce, defame, berate, malign, damn, denigrate, mistreat, assail, disparage, slander, blister, knock, cuss, curse, debase, jinx, slurExamples from the Web for vilify
Contemporary Examples of vilify
But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.
And there is the additional fear in these types of cases that the public will vilify the victim, not a celebrity wrongdoer.
With few Yankees left to vilify, Venezuela continues its slow motion spin into disrepair.
Rather than vilify Republicans for their defense of the wealthy, he returned again to trying to win the intellectual high ground.
Once upon a pre-feminist time, it was more common to vilify the woman.
Historical Examples of vilify
"Even that may be more pardonable than to vilify a good one," said Mary.
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II)Charles James Lever
Oh, fling him into a crater; that will teach him to vilify his betters.
If you are his friend, why do you vilify and slander him behind his back?
The MaskArthur Hornblow
If they were not impartial, this man would never have dared to vilify them.
A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry CooperWilliam Cooper
The vulgar, wherever he passed, were instigated to reproach and vilify him.