All vilification synonyms

noun vilification

• backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
• quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
• quinine — a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C 2 0 H 2 4 N 2 O 2 , having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria.
• faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
• excoriation — The act of excoriating or flaying.
• backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
• hypercritic — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
• disdainfulness — The state or quality of being disdainful.
• hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
• aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
• execration — An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
• malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
• muckraker — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
• asperser — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
• dirty laundry — personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• fretter — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
• hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
• impugnment — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
• muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• disinformation — false information, as about a country's military strength or plans, publicly announced or planted in the news media, especially of other countries.
• disparagement — the act of disparaging.
• objuration — (rare) A firm binding by oath.
• cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
• disputer — One who disputes.
• invective — vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
• mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
• disparager — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
• curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
• muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
• aristarch — a severe critic.
• emulator — A person or thing that emulates.
• falsification — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
• disputant — a person who disputes; debater.
• zapper — to kill or shoot.
• niggler — to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
• disapprover — One who disapproves.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• blamers — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
• calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
• defiler — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
• calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
• defamer — One who defames.
• libel — the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
• worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.