vilify

Verb
Synonyms: revilevituperaterail

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. spread negative information about“The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews”Synonyms: revilevituperaterail
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vilify \Vil"i*fy\ (v[i^]l"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vilified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying.] [L. vilis vile + -fy; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value.]

1.To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.] [1913 Webster]

When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

3.To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I do vilify your censure.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
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