vilify
Verb
Verb Forms: vilified, vilifying, vilifies
- To speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner; defame.
- spread negative information about
- To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- To belittle through speech; to put down.
Examples
- Some players vilify the dictionary for including obscure words, others embrace them.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin vīlificāre (“vilify”). Equivalent to vile + -ify.
Synonyms
rail, revile, vituperate, abuse, admonish, animadvert, asperse, assail, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, bash, bawl out, belibel, belittle, berate, berisp, besmirch, blast, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, castigate, censure, chastise, chew out, chide, cloud, condemn, criticize, cut down, decry, defame, demonize, denigrate, denounce, denunciate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, drag, dress down, eat someone alive, excoriate, find fault, forgab, fulminate, get down, get up, give somebody a piece of one's mind, give somebody what-for, infamize, inveigh, lace into, lambaste, lampoon, lecture, libel, light into, malign, monster, objurgate, pooh-pooh, put someone on blast, rate, read somebody the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, rip into, rubbish, run down, savage, scandal, scold, shit-talk, slag, slam, slander, spatter, speak ill of, stab, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tear into, tell off, threap, tick off, torch, tosh, traduce, trash-talk, upbraid, vilify, vilipend
Scrabble Score: 15
vilify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvilify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vilify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary