vilifying
present participle ofvilify
vilify
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈvɪl.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈvɪl.ə.faɪ/to say or writeunpleasantthings about someone or something, inordertocauseotherpeopleto have abadopinionof them:
He was vilified by thepressasamonster.
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revileformal
Damaging reputation
- anti-defamation
- aspersion
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- demonize
- dog
- dragsomeone'sname through the mire/mudidiom
- give a dog a bad nameidiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud atsomeoneidiom
- self-immolation
- show someone in a bad lightidiom
- slander
- slanderer
- slanderous
- slur
- smear
- stab
- stain
Examplesofvilifying
vilifying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They do a certain amount ofvilifyingthemselves.
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Secondly, they ensured that the odium landed on the doorstep of the public corporation that they werevilifyingevery day of the week.
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We should be encouraging the uptake of new farming technology and notvilifyingit.
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If he is unable to come up with one, then would he please apologise, not for criticising, but forvilifyingmy character.
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Vilifyingthe industry makes consumers unwilling to consider the product.
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It criminalises the publication of material where it is both offensive and has the purpose ofvilifyinga particular group.
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It concentrated entirely onvilifyingthe objectors.
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If we tried to get the pledges carried out which were given to consumptives, we are told we arevilifyingthe noblest legislative work of the last 100 years.
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Instead ofvilifyingthe poor gentleman we should be grateful to him for saving a house which would otherwise have gone on becoming worse in government hands.
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This includes damaging orvilifyingthe nous, or simply having a non-functioning noetic and neptic faculty.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was also accused of copying datavilifyinga man.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I wanted to show both sides withoutvilifyinganyone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This filter allows you direct access to our sites rapidly, without being dev-t'd byvilifyingmaterial, forgeries, and hate messages.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most, if not all, carried the same message,vilifyingthe evils of the military-industrial complex and capitalist economy, protecting the environment and expressing socialist ideas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is credited with the idea of reintegrative shaming, which involves encouraging opponents to change by working with them often privately rather than byvilifyingthem in public.
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