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All vilify synonyms

vilΒ·iΒ·fy
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verb vilify

  • excoriate β€” Censure or criticize severely.
  • fulminate β€” to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
  • blacken β€” To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
  • dis-favored β€” unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • demonise β€” to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
  • decry β€” If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
  • dispraise β€” to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
  • be-little β€” to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
  • bespatter β€” to splash all over, as with dirty water
  • blotched β€” Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
  • blistered β€” a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
  • execrate β€” Feel or express great loathing for.
  • mark down β€” a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • bad mouth β€” Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
  • blitzing β€” Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
  • caricaturing β€” a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • muckrake β€” to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
  • libel β€” 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.
  • faulting β€” a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • asperse β€” to spread false rumours about; defame
  • lay down the law β€” the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • disses β€” to show disrespect for; affront.
  • disparage β€” to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
  • dump on β€” to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
  • denounce β€” If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
  • animadvert β€” to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
  • dissed β€” to show disrespect for; affront.
  • denunciate β€” to condemn; denounce
  • have at β€” Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • cry down β€” to belittle; disparage
  • cut to the quick β€” done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
  • assail β€” If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
  • muckraking β€” to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
  • charge with β€” to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
  • do a number on β€” a numeral or group of numerals.
  • calumniate β€” to slander
  • denunciated β€” Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
  • malign β€” to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
  • caricatured β€” Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
  • demonize β€” If people demonize someone, they convince themselves that that person is evil.
  • badmouth β€” (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
  • marginalize β€” to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • attack β€” To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
  • accurse β€” to curse or consign to damnation, perdition, or misery
  • find fault β€” a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  • dis β€” lady; woman.
  • defame β€” If someone defames another person or thing, they say bad and untrue things about them.
  • cut up β€” If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
  • denunciating β€” present participle of denunciate.
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