From Late Latin vīlificāre vīlificō ( “ vilify ” ) .
vilify (third-person singular simple present vilifies present participle vilifying simple past and past participle vilified
( transitive ) 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 ) 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] 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."
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 ( 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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