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VILIFY
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Irregular inflected form: vilified
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vilify ... he / she / it vilifies
Past simple: vilified
Past participle: vilified
-ing form: vilifying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spread negative information about
Example:
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
Synonyms:
rail; revile; vilify; vituperate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vilify" is one way to...):
abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout (use foul or abusive language towards)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
vilification (a rude expression intended to offend or hurt)
vilification (slanderous defamation)
vilifier (one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel)
