English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Late Latin vīlificāre , present active infinitive of vīlificō ( “ vilify ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
vilify (third-person singular simple present vilifies , present participle vilifying , simple past and past participle vilified )
( transitive ) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of .
Synonyms: abuse , assail , criticize , decry , denigrate , demonize , denounce , libel , revile , slander , run down ; see also Thesaurus:defame
Antonyms: glorify , praise
( transitive ) To belittle through speech; to put down .
Synonyms: berate ; see also Thesaurus: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”, in Bloomberg News [1] , archived from the original on 3 March 2021 :"Those who deliberately vilify 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."
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Translations [ edit ]
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 )
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)
French: dénigrer (fr) , vilipender (fr)
Galician: denigrar (gl)
Georgian: დამცირება ( damcireba ) , ძაგება ( ʒageba )
German: herabwürdigen (de) , heruntermachen , schlechtmachen (de) , herunterputzen
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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