Meaning of "vilifies" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF VILIFIES

ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪz

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VILIFIES

Vilifies is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb vilifies in English.

WHAT DOES VILIFIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defamation

Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, or traducement—is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation. Most jurisdictions allow legal action to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against groundless criticism. Under common law, to constitute defamation, a claim must generally be false and have been made to someone other than the person defamed. Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called slander, and defamation in other media such as printed words or images, called libel. False light laws protect against statements which are not technically false but misleading. In some civil law jurisdictions, defamation is treated as a crime rather than a civil wrong. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights ruled in 2012 that the criminalization of libel violates freedom of expression and is inconsistent with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. A person who defames another may be called a "defamer", "famacide", "libeler" or "slanderer".

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VILIFIES

PRESENT

Present

I vilify

you vilify

he/she/it vilifies

we vilify

you vilify

they vilify

Present continuous

I am vilifying

you are vilifying

he/she/it is vilifying

we are vilifying

you are vilifying

they are vilifying

Present perfect

I have vilified

you have vilified

he/she/it has vilified

we have vilified

you have vilified

they have vilified

Present perfect continuous

I have been vilifying

you have been vilifying

he/she/it has been vilifying

we have been vilifying

you have been vilifying

they have been vilifying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I vilified

you vilified

he/she/it vilified

we vilified

you vilified

they vilified

Past continuous

I was vilifying

you were vilifying

he/she/it was vilifying

we were vilifying

you were vilifying

they were vilifying

Past perfect

I had vilified

you had vilified

he/she/it had vilified

we had vilified

you had vilified

they had vilified

Past perfect continuous

I had been vilifying

you had been vilifying

he/she/it had been vilifying

we had been vilifying

you had been vilifying

they had been vilifying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will vilify

you will vilify

he/she/it will vilify

we will vilify

you will vilify

they will vilify

Future continuous

I will be vilifying

you will be vilifying

he/she/it will be vilifying

we will be vilifying

you will be vilifying

they will be vilifying

Future perfect

I will have vilified

you will have vilified

he/she/it will have vilified

we will have vilified

you will have vilified

they will have vilified

Future perfect continuous

I will have been vilifying

you will have been vilifying

he/she/it will have been vilifying

we will have been vilifying

you will have been vilifying

they will have been vilifying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would vilifies

you would vilifies

he/she/it would vilifies

we would vilifies

you would vilifies

they would vilifies

Conditional continuous

I would be vilifying

you would be vilifying

he/she/it would be vilifying

we would be vilifying

you would be vilifying

they would be vilifying

Conditional perfect

I would have vilifies

you would have vilifies

he/she/it would have vilifies

we would have vilifies

you would have vilifies

they would have vilifies

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been vilifying

you would have been vilifying

he/she/it would have been vilifying

we would have been vilifying

you would have been vilifying

they would have been vilifying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you vilify
we let´s vilify
you vilify

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to vilify

Past participle

vilified

Present Participle

vilifying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «VILIFIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vilifies» and belong to the same grammatical category.

abuse · asperse · bad-mouth · berate · calumniate · debase · decry · defame · denigrate · disparage · dump on · knock · malign · revile · rubbish · run down · slander · smear · traduce · vilipend · vituperate

TRANSLATION OF VILIFIES

Find out the translation of vilifies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vilifies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vilifies» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 诋毁
• Translator English - Spanish: envilece
• English: vilifies
• Translator English - Hindi: vilifies
• Translator English - Arabic: يذم
• Translator English - Russian: поносит
• Translator English - Portuguese: vilipendia
• Translator English - Bengali: vilifies
• Translator English - French: avilit
• Translator English - Malay: Merosakkan
• Translator English - German: verleumdet
• Translator English - Japanese: vilifies
• Translator English - Korean: vilifies
• Translator English - Javanese: Vilifies
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vilifies
• Translator English - Tamil: நிந்திக்கிறது
• Translator English - Marathi: Vilifies
• Translator English - Turkish: alenen aşağıladığı
• Translator English - Italian: svilisce
• Translator English - Polish: oczernia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: паплюжить
• Translator English - Romanian: vilifies
• Translator English - Greek: διασύρει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vilifies
• Translator English - Swedish: vilifies
• Translator English - Norwegian: vilifies

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VILIFIES»

Discover the use of vilifies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vilifies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

A groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema's earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing ""evil"" ArabsAward-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen ...

Jack Shaheen, 2012

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous ...

Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth Matthew Algeo. the presiDentis asick Man wheRein the supposedly vi R tuous ...

Matthew Algeo, 2011

The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt

For the Torah vilifies the Qur'an and scorns it; sometimes it vilifies the Prophet and scorns him; sometimes it vilifies Islam and scorns it; and sometimes it vilifies Muslims and scorns them. Among these phenomena, we hear that the Arabic ...

Patrick D. Gaffney, 1994

Sourcebook of Canadian Media Law

Secondly, the book vilifies the prophet Abraham, who is, as “Ibrahim”, a prophet revered by Muslims, by recounting the story of Abraham, Hagar and Ishmail, their son and commenting adversely on Abraham's behaviour towards Hagar and ...

Robert Martin, Stuart Adam, 1994

The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy

An Egyptian preacher traces the enmity back yet further, announcing anachronistically that "the Torah vilifies the Qur'an and scorns it; sometimes it vilifies the Prophet [Muhammad] and scorns him; sometimes it vilifies Islam and scorns ...

Daniel Pipes, 1998

Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist ...

Identity Poetics includes a critical overview of recent historical writing about the women's and lesbian-feminist movements of the 1970s; discussions of the works of Judy Grahn, Pat Parker, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Anzaldúa; ...

Linda Garber, 2013

The London-Scottish reformed presbyterian magazine

And, in one sentence, he vilifies both Mr. Steele and the Reformed Presbytery. The Minute of the Presbytery * on which he makes a comment does not use the word " vile; " but, considering the course of many in these days, they were justified ...

‎1869

The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas ...

Sin vilifies the wisdom of God, which prescribed the law to men as the rule of their duty. The divine wisdom shines resplend- ently in his laws. They are all framed with an exact congruity to the nature of God, and his relation to us, and to the ...

Thomas Boston, 1848

Proceedings ...: 10th Annual Meeting, Held at Ann Arbor, ...

That it is a blow aimed against truth, in the encouragement of an “ism” that denies all claims of rational medicine, while at the same time it unblushingly steals all the merit it possesses from the source it vilifies, and professes in theory what it ...

Michigan State Medical Society, 1868

On Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia"

The patient represents his ego to us as worthless, incapable of any achievement and morally despicable; he reproaches himself, vilifies himself and expects to be cast out and punished. He abases himself before everyone and commiserates ...

Thierry Bokanowski, Leticia Glocer Fiorini, Sergio Lewkowicz, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VILIFIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vilifies is used in the context of the following news items.

'Kate's law' stirs hysteria, vilifies immigrants

It is about stirring anti-immigrant hysteria and vilifying immigrants to justify mass incarceration. The Steinle family says they are apolitical. But their testimony ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»

Cappleman 'Regularly Vilifies' the Homeless, Homeless Advocacy …

He regularly vilifies those who live on the streets, as he did at last week's luncheon, blaming homeless people for 'preventing economic growth.'". «DNAinfo, Jun 15»

Australian government vilifies human rights commissioner

For the second time in four months, the Abbott government has denounced Australian Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs for criticising the extensive ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»

Tutu vilifies S. Africa government for 'disgrace' over president's home …

Christian leaders in South Africa including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and Catholic bishops have blasted the government over poor leadership in a ... «Ecumenical News, Jun 15»

Obama said Fox News vilifies the poor. Jon Stewart presses his point.

President Obama said Tuesday at Georgetown University that Fox News portrays the poor as moochers, people who are unwilling to work but want government ... «Washington Post, May 15»

Minnesota: an economy Alabama covets, taxes it vilifies

Don't worry about those new taxes, Gov. Robert Bentley says, because you probably won't feel them. He's mostly right. Among the proposed $700 million in new ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Mar 15»

Terrorism Vilifies One Billion Innocent Muslims: Saudi King

Denouncing terrorism, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Sunday said that radical Islamists were not only "threatening Muslims," but also vilifying the ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Feb 15»

Mayor de Blasio's Traffic Law Vilifies Bus Drivers, Union Says

A new law penalizing drivers who fail to yield and injure or kill a pedestrian who has the right of way is a central piece of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to eliminate ... «New York Times, Feb 15»

As the Media Vilifies Fraternities, Women's Group to Highlight …

Fraternities are misogynist traps, so the media tells us. What with the sexual abuse claims and frightening features on the dark environment of Greek life, ... «Town Hall, Feb 15»

Bill Maher Predictably Vilifies 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle as …

Bill Maher Predictably Vilifies 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle as 'Psychopath Patriot'. By Jack Coleman | January 24, 2015 | 10:15 PM EST. Share it Tweet it. 0. «NewsBusters, Jan 15»