vilifies
Meaning of vilifies
verb, 3rd person present
- speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
he has been vilified in the press
late Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value’ (see vile).
Information about vilifies
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of vilifies is: vilify.
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Hyphenation of vilifies
vil-i-fies
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- vilifies is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
vilifies synonyms
Meaning regard or represent as being of little worth:
Meaning criticize unfairly; disparage:
Meaning damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel:
Meaning criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:
Meaning scold or criticize (someone) angrily:
Meaning dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant:
Meaning speak to (someone) in an insulting and offensive way:
Meaning speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse:
Meaning insult (someone) by treating or speaking of them without proper respect or attention:
Meaning criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Meaning express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning publicly denounce:
Meaning publicly declare to be wrong or evil:
Meaning put (someone) in a pillory:
Meaning criticize (someone or something) harshly:
Meaning speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner:
Meaning make false and damaging statements about (someone):
Meaning defame (someone) by publishing a libel:
Meaning harm the good reputation of:
Meaning mark with stigmata:
Meaning speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation:
Meaning make false and defamatory statements about:
Meaning dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question:
Meaning speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:
Meaning strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door:
Meaning criticize severely:
Meaning strike hard and violently:
Meaning hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object:
Meaning cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:
Meaning fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer:
Meaning criticize severely and reject as worthless:
Meaning criticize or reprimand severely:
Meaning strike repeatedly with the fists:
Meaning put (something) in a bag:
Meaning treat or regard with contempt:
Meaning disparage (someone or something):
Meaning blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language:
Meaning attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of:
vilifies antonyms
Meaning praise formally or officially:
Meaning give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity:
Words that rhyme with vilifies
fies, humidfies, arefies, calefies, casefies, defies, humefies, liquefies, madefies, pinguefies, putrefies, rarefies, redefies, reliquefies, rubefies, stupefies, tabefies, tepefies, torpefies, torrefies, tumefies, affies, baffies, biffies, daffies, duffies, guffies, jiffies, scaffies, spiffies, stiffies, taffies, toffies, waffies, Anglifies, Frenchifies, Nazifies, Russifies, Sinifies, Torifies, Turkifies, acetifies, acidifies, aerifies, alkalifies, ammonifies, amplifies, anglifies, aurifies, basifies
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