Definition for Vilify:

• spread negative information about; " The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

Synonyms for Vilify:

• n.

  •
  • harangue,
  • savage.
  •
  • tear down,
  • law,
  • Crimes.

• v.

  •criticize very harshly (verb)
  • mistreat,
  • roast,
  • bad-mouth,
  • call down,
  • pan,
  • caluminate,
  • jinx,
  • blister,
  • dress down,
  • rap,
  • skin alive,
  • scorch,
  • dig,
  • cuss,
  • voodoo,
  • revile,
  • berate,
  • tear into,
  • put a whammy on,
  • knock,
  • censure,
  • damn,
  • debase.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • chasten,
  • condemn,
  • admonish,
  • chastise,
  • disapprove,
  • criticize,
  • deprecate,
  • blame,
  • castigate,
  • deride,
  • chide,
  • renounce,
  • scorn,
  • defile.
  •shame (verb)
  • disgrace,
  • ostracize,
  • humiliate,
  • ridicule,
  • discomfit,
  • expose,
  • debunk,
  • show up,
  • mock.
  •slander (verb)
  • detract,
  • stigmatize,
  • pillory,
  • sully,
  • besmirch,
  • dishonor,
  • besmear,
  • tarnish,
  • shame.

• Other synonyms:

  •backbite
  • badmouth.
  •hate
  • execrate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • devaluate,
  • derogatory,
  • rail in,
  • derogate,
  • thunder against,
  • reprehend,
  • poisonous,
  • devalue,
  • office,
  • diminish,
  • cursed,
  • pounce upon,
  • damage,
  • mischievous,
  • blaspheme,
  • criticize severely,
  • pole,
  • pillar,
  • post,
  • flay,
  • pull to pieces,
  • stake,
  • question,
  • clapperclaw,
  • depraved,
  • muckrake,
  • mortify,
  • anathematize,
  • smirch,
  • rail,
  • ugly,
  • lie about,
  • trample under foot,
  • Vilipend,
  • persecute,
  • prostitute,
  • brand,
  • blot,
  • ill-use,
  • horrible,
  • ruin,
  • pernicious,
  • resentful,
  • degrade,
  • ill-treat,
  • belie,
  • disfavour,
  • wrong,
  • ravish,
  • challenge,
  • bitchy,
  • belabour,
  • pervert,
  • defamation,
  • aspersion,
  • reduce,
  • Misemploy,
  • stain,
  • blackguard,
  • bark at,
  • jaw,
  • make faces,
  • spiteful,
  • laugh at,
  • violate,
  • Betongue,
  • swear,
  • derogate from,
  • rail at,
  • nasty,
  • rate,
  • vitiate,
  • epithet,
  • gibbet,
  • class,
  • sinister,
  • lower,
  • inveigh,
  • malicious,
  • backcap,
  • lampoon,
  • inculpate,
  • calumny,
  • reprimand,
  • insinuate,
  • impeach,
  • victimize,
  • exhibit,
  • rave,
  • soil,
  • yell at,
  • grievous,
  • invective,
  • venomous,
  • impugn,
  • unfavorable,
  • Upon,
  • declaim,
  • mail,
  • place,
  • black,
  • Backbiting,
  • attaint,
  • rail off,
  • dishonour,
  • objurgate,
  • fulminate against,
  • cruel,
  • cast aspersions,
  • Avile,
  • slate,
  • traducer,
  • tread under foot,
  • belittle,
  • misuse,
  • train,
  • run,
  • aggrieve,
  • tongue-lash,
  • wicked,
  • unpropitious,
  • demean,
  • pounce on,
  • vicious,
  • taint,
  • harm,
  • obloquy,
  • slanderer,
  • stabbed,
  • harmful,
  • tar and feather,
  • baleful,
  • misrepresent,
  • disfigure,
  • malevolent,
  • mark,
  • deface,
  • function,
  • exprobate,
  • detonate,
  • malignant,
  • position,
  • blow upon,
  • evil,
  • rebuke,
  • disparagement,
  • stigma,
  • outrage,
  • injure,
  • denigration,
  • lambaste,
  • insult,
  • contemn,
  • criticise,
  • rag,
  • maim,
  • ill-natured,
  • defamer.

Paraphrases for Vilify:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    smear.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    denigrate, demonize, defame, slander.

Antonyms for Vilify:

• v.

  • criticize very harshly
    commend, exalt, approve, compliment, laud, favor, glorify, benefit, cherish, honor, defend, praise, protect, flatter.
  • Other antonyms:
    conserve, consider, care for, laud, commend, shield, protect, uphold, exalt, adore, revere, Panegyrize, esteem, regard, venerate, favor, acclaim, worship, respect, eulogize, vindicate, extol, cherish, tend, benefit, honor, sustain, glorify.