vilify
Meanings
Verb
- spread negative information about
- To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- To belittle through speech; to put down.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin vīlificāre (“vilify”). Equivalent to vile + -ify.
Synonyms
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, rail, rate, read somebody the riot act, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, 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, vituperate
Scrabble Score: 15
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