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vilify

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English

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WOTD – 27 February 2007

Etymology

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FromLate Latinvīlificāre(“vilify”). Equivalent tovile +‎-ify.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈvɪl.ɪ.faɪ/
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Verb

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vilify (third-person singular simple presentvilifies,present participlevilifying,simple past and past participlevilified)

(transitive) To saydefamatory things about someone or something; tospeak ill of.
Synonyms:abuse,assail,criticize,decry,denigrate,demonize,denounce,libel,revile,slander,run down;see alsoThesaurus:defame
Antonyms:glorify,praise
(transitive) Tobelittle through speech; toput down.
Synonyms:berate;see alsoThesaurus:criticize
Antonyms:glorify,praise
- 2021 March 2, Jason Scott,王晰宁 [Wang Xining], “China Rips Murdoch’s News Corp. for Reports on Pandemic Origins”, inBloomberg News‎^[1], archived fromthe original on3 March 2021:
  "Those who deliberatelyvilify China and sabotage the friendship between our two countries and do damage to our long-term friendship and benefits out of their sectoral or selfish interest will be cast aside in history,” he said. “Their children will be ashamed of mentioning their names."

say defamatory things about; to speak ill of

Azerbaijani:pisləmək,yamanlamaq,qaralamaq
Bulgarian:клеветя (bg)(klevetja),очерням (bg)(očernjam)
Chinese:
Mandarin:詆毀 /诋毁 (zh)(dǐhuǐ),醜化 /丑化 (zh)(chǒuhuà)
Czech:pomluvit (cs) pf,pomlouvat (cs) impf,hanět (cs) impf,pohanět (cs) pf,očernit pf
Dutch:verguizen (nl)
Egyptian:
(dsj)
Finnish:puhua pahaa (fi),herjata (fi)
French:diffamer (fr),vilipender (fr)
Galician:deostar,denigrar (gl)
Georgian:გაშავება(gašaveba),გალანძღვა(galanʒɣva),ძაგება(ʒageba)
German:diffamieren (de),verleumden (de),verunglimpfen (de),verteufeln (de)
Greek:
Ancient:κακηγορέω(kakēgoréō)
Hungarian:rágalmaz (hu)
Italian:denigrare (it),vilipendere (it)
Japanese:貶す (ja)(kenasu),謗る (ja)(soshiru)
Maori:whakahariharitae
Polish:oczerniać (pl)
Portuguese:vilificar,vilipendiar (pt),difamar (pt)
Romanian:denigra (ro)
Russian:очерня́ть (ru)(očernjátʹ),поноси́ть (ru)(ponosítʹ)
Scottish Gaelic:càin
Spanish:vilipendiar (es)
Turkish:yermek (tr)

denounce, belittle through speech

Czech:urazit (cs) pf,ponížit pf,hanět (cs) impf,špinit (cs) impf,pošpinit (cs) pf,ponižovat (cs) impf,urážet impf,pohanět (cs) pf,očernit pf
Dutch:kleineren (nl)
Finnish:panetella (fi),parjata (fi)
French:dénigrer (fr),vilipender (fr)
Galician:denigrar (gl)
Georgian:დამცირება(damcireba),ძაგება(ʒageba)
German:herabwürdigen (de),heruntermachen,schlechtmachen (de),herunterputzen (de)
Japanese:貶める (ja)(otoshimeru)
Maori:whakahariharitae
Polish:potępiać (pl)
Portuguese:difamar (pt),diminuir (pt)
Russian:унижа́ть (ru)(unižátʹ),опуска́ть (ru)(opuskátʹ)(colloquial)
Scottish Gaelic:càin
Turkish:azarlamak (tr)

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