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vilify
verb
    vilifies, vilified, vilifying
    1. To say insulting or abusive things about someone or something; to malign or defame someone.
      Thesaurus: defame, asperse, malign, slander, berate, criticize, denigrate, denounce, disparage, stigmatize, smear, badmouth (US slang); Antonym: compliment, glorify, eulogize, adore.
Derivative: vilifier
noun
    Etymology: 16c in this sense; 15c in sense ‘to lower in value': from Latin vilificare to make worthless or base.



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