vilify 音标拼音: [v'ɪlɪf
, ɑɪ]
vt . 诽谤,贬低,轻视
诽谤,贬低,轻视
vilify v 1 :
spread negative information about ; "
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews " [
synonym : {
vilify }, {
revile }, {
vituperate },
{
rail }]
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n . {
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vilificare to esteem of little value .]
1 .
To make vile ;
to debase ;
to degrade ;
to disgrace . [
R .]
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When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite . --
Milton .
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2 .
To degrade or debase by report ;
to defame ;
to traduce ;
to calumniate . --
I .
Taylor .
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Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind .
--
Addison .
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3 .
To treat as vile ;
to despise . [
Obs .]
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I do vilify your censure . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vilify ":
abuse ,
asperse ,
assail ,
attaint ,
bad -
mouth ,
bark at ,
berate ,
besmirch ,
bespatter ,
betongue ,
blacken ,
blackguard ,
blaspheme ,
blot ,
blow upon ,
brand ,
call names ,
calumniate ,
censure ,
curse ,
cuss out ,
damn ,
debase ,
decry ,
defame ,
defile ,
denigrate ,
denounce ,
deprecate ,
depreciate ,
devalue ,
diminish ,
disapprove ,
disparage ,
engage in personalities ,
epithet ,
epithetize ,
execrate ,
expose ,
expose to infamy ,
fulminate against ,
gibbet ,
hang in effigy ,
heap dirt upon ,
jaw ,
libel ,
load with reproaches ,
malign ,
mistreat ,
misuse ,
muckrake ,
outrage ,
pillory ,
rag ,
rail at ,
rate ,
rave against ,
reprimand ,
revile ,
run down ,
slander ,
slur ,
smear ,
smirch ,
soil ,
speak ill of ,
stain ,
stigmatize ,
sully ,
swear ,
swear at ,
taint ,
tarnish ,
tear down ,
throw mud at ,
thunder against ,
tongue -
lash ,
traduce ,
vituperate ,
yell at ,
yelp at
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VILIFY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster VILIFY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary