vilify
verb
1 vilify
Spread negative information about.
synonyms: rail, revile, vituperate.
Roget 934:
detract,
derogate,
decry,
deprecate,
depreciate,
disparage;
run down,
cry down;
backcap [U.S.];
belittle;
sneer at
etc.
(contempt)
930;
criticize,
pull to pieces,
pick a hole in one's coat,
asperse,
cast aspersions,
blow upon,
bespatter,
blacken,
vilify,
vilipend†;
avile†;
give a dog a bad name,
brand,
malign;
muckrake;
backbite,
libel,
lampoon,
traduce,
slander,
defame,
calumniate,
bear false witness against;
speak ill of behind one's back.
fling dirt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
anathematize
etc.
932;
dip the pen in gall,
view in a bad light.
impugn
(disparage the motives of);
assail,
attack
etc.
716;
oppose
etc.
708;
denounce,
accuse
etc.
938.
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Roget 932:
disapprove;
dislike
etc.
867;
lament
etc.
839;
object to,
take exception to;
be scandalized at,
think ill of;
view with disfavor,
view with dark eyes,
view with jaundiced eyes;
nil admirari [Lat.],
disvalue†;
improbate†.
frown upon,
look grave;
bend the brows,
knit the brows;
shake the head at,
shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose
etc.
(contempt)
930;
look askance,
look black upon;
look with an evil eye;
make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at;
set one's face against.
dispraise,
discommend†,
disparage;
deprecate,
speak ill of,
not speak well of;
condemn
etc.
(find guilty)
971.
blame;
lay blame upon,
cast blame upon;
censure,
fronder [Fr.],
reproach,
pass censure on,
reprobate,
impugn.
remonstrate,
expostulate,
recriminate.
reprehend,
chide,
admonish;
berate,
betongue†;
bring to account,
call to account,
call over the coals,
rake over the coals,
call to order;
take to task,
reprove,
lecture,
bring to book;
read a lesson,
read a lecture to;
rebuke,
correct.
reprimand,
chastise,
castigate,
lash,
blow up,
trounce,
trim,
laver la tete [Fr.],
overhaul;
give it one,
give it one finely;
gibbet.
accuse
etc.
938;
impeach,
denounce;
hold up to reprobation,
hold up to execration;
expose,
brand,
gibbet,
stigmatize;
show up,
pull up,
take up;
cry 'shame' upon;"
be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against.
execrate
etc.
908;
exprobate†,
speak daggers,
vituperate;
abuse,
abuse like a pickpocket;
scold,
rate,
objurgate,
upbraid,
fall foul of;
jaw;
rail,
rail at,
rail in good set terms;
bark at;
anathematize,
call names;
call by hard names,
call by ugly names;
avile†,
revile;
vilify,
vilipend†;
bespatter;
backbite;
clapperclaw†;
rave against,
thunder against,
fulminate against;
load with reproaches.
exclaim against,
protest against,
inveigh against,
declaim against,
cry out against,
raise one's voice against.
decry;
cry down,
run down,
frown down;
clamor,
hiss,
hoot,
mob,
ostracize,
blacklist;
draw up a round robin,
sign a round robin.
animadvert upon,
reflect upon;
glance at;
cast reflection,
cast reproach,
cast a slur upon;
insinuate,
damn with faint praise;
hint a fault and hesitate dislike;"
not to be able to say much for.
scoff at,
point at;
twit,
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
sneer at
etc.
(despise)
230;
satirize,
lampoon;
defame
etc.
(detract)
934;
depreciate,
find fault with,
criticize,
cut up;
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
take exception;
cavil;
peck at,
nibble at,
carp at;
be censorious
etc.
adj.;
pick holes,
pick a hole,
pick a hole in one's coat;
make a fuss about.
take down,
take down a peg,
set down;
snub,
snap one up,
give a rap on the knuckles;
throw a stone at,
throw a stone in one's garden;
have a fling,
have a snap at;
have words with,
pluck a crow with;
give one a wipe,
give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.
incur blame,
excite disapprobation,
scandalize,
shock,
revolt;
get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion,
be under a cloud,
come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame,
stand corrected;
have to answer for.
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Roget 929:
hold in disrespect
etc.
(despise)
930;
misprize,
disregard,
slight,
trifle with,
set at naught,
pass by,
push aside,
overlook,
turn one's back upon,
laugh in one's sleeve;
be disrespectful
etc.
adj.,
be discourteous
etc.
895;
treat with disrespect
etc.
n.;
set down,
put down,
browbeat.
dishonor,
desecrate;
insult,
affront,
outrage.
speak slightingly of;
disparage
etc.
(dispraise)
932;
vilipend†,
vilify,
call names;
throw dirt,
fling dirt;
drag through the mud,
point at,
indulge in personalities;
make mouths,
make faces;
bite the thumb;
take by the beard;
pluck by the beard;
toss in a blanket,
tar and feather.
have in derision;
hold in derision;
deride,
scoff,
barrack,
sneer,
laugh at,
snigger,
ridicule,
gibe,
mock,
jeer,
hiss,
hoot,
taunt,
twit,
niggle†,
gleek†,
gird,
flout,
fleer†;
roast,
turn into ridicule;
burlesque
etc.
856;
laugh to scorn
etc.
(contempt)
930;
smoke;
fool;
make game of,
make a fool of,
make an April fool of†;
play a practical joke;
lead one a dance,
run the rig upon,
have a fling at,
scout;
mob.
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Roget 874:
be inglorious
etc.
adj.;
incur disgrace
etc.
n.;
have a bad name,
earn a bad name;
put a halter round one's neck,
wear a halter round one's neck;
disgrace oneself,
expose oneself.
play second fiddle;
lose caste;
pale one's ineffectual fire;
recede into the shade;
fall from one's high estate;
keep in the background
etc.
(modesty)
881;
be conscious of disgrace
etc.
(humility)
879;
look blue,
look foolish,
look like a fool;
cut a poor figure,
cut a sorry figure;
laugh on the wrong side of the mouth;
make a sorry face,
go away with a flea in.
one's ear,
slink away.
cause shame
etc.
n.;
shame,
disgrace,
put to shame,
dishonor;
throw dishonor upon,
cast dishonor upon,
fling dishonor upon,
reflect dishonor upon
etc.
n.;
be a reproach
etc.
n..
to;
derogate from.
tarnish,
stain,
blot sully,
taint;
discredit;
degrade,
debase,
defile;
beggar;
expel
etc.
(punish)
972.
impute shame to,
brand,
post,
stigmatize,
vilify,
defame,
slur,
cast a slur upon,
hold up to shame,
send to Coventry;
tread under foot,
trample under foot;
show up,
drag through the mire,
heap dirt upon;
reprehend
etc.
932.
bring low,
put down,
snub;
take down a peg,
take down a peg lower,
take down a peg or two.
obscure.
eclipse,
outshine,
take the shine out of;
throw into the shade,
cast into the shade;
overshadow;
leave in the background,
put in the background;
push into a corner,
put one's nose out of joint;
put out,
put out of countenance.
upset,
throw off one's center;
discompose,
disconcert;
put to the blush
etc.
(humble)
879.
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Dutch: belasteren, beschimpen, kleineren, verguizen
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vilifying
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