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    vil·i·fy
    [ˈviləˌfī]
    verb
    vilify (verb) · vilifies (third person present) · vilified (past tense) · vilified (past participle) · vilifying (present participle)
    1. speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
      "he has been vilified in the press"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value’ (see vile).
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    verb
    1. speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner:
      disparage
      denigrate
      defame
      run down
      revile
      berate
      belittle
      abuse
      insult
      slight
      attack
      speak ill of
      speak evil of
      pour scorn on
      criticize
      censure
      condemn
      decry
      denounce
      pillory
      lambaste
      malign
      slander
      libel
      discredit
      stigmatize
      traduce
      calumniate
      impugn
      slur
      do down
      pull apart
      have a go at
      jump on
      lay into
      tear into
      knock
      slam
      pan
      bash
      hammer
      roast
      skewer
      bad-mouth
      rubbish
      slag off
      monster
      slate
      pummel
      dump on
      bag
      contemn
      derogate
      vituperate
      asperse
      vilipend
      cast aspersions on
      fulminate against
      rail against
      inveigh against
      conduct a smear campaign against
      spread lies about
      blacken the name/reputation of
      sully the reputation of
      give someone a bad name
      bring someone into disrepute
      do a hatchet job on
      take to pieces
      throw mud at
      drag through the mud
      hit out at
      throw brickbats at
      Opposite:
      commend
      lionize
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