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vilify
[ vil-uh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to speak ill of; defame; slander.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- Obsolete. to make vile.
vilify
/ ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ; ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /
verb
- to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign
he has been vilified in the tabloid press
- rare.to make vile; debase; degrade
Derived Forms
- vilification, noun
- ˈˌھ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ··ھ··پDz [vil-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ··ھ· noun
- ··ڲ·Բ· adverb
- ܲ···ھ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vilify1
Example Sentences
“Columbia cultivated the environment for this to happen by vilifying, demonizing and criminalizing these students to begin with, instead of working with them,” Kiswani said.
The second event occurred later in his congressional speech, when Trump vilified “unelected bureaucrats” who run government.
That’s of specific note in a time when the language is being vilified and used to target Latinos for deportation.
He was stripped of his pilot’s license, arrested, imprisoned, vilified in the press and — along with the ship’s captain and the naval officer who oversaw the harbor — charged with manslaughter.
Despite being vilified, threatened and humiliated in public, veteran Cameroonian lawyer Alice Nkom is determined to uphold the rights of homosexual people in her country.
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