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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Meaning of "vilify" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VILIFY

From Late Latin vīlificāre, from Latin vīlis worthless + facere to make.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VILIFY

vilify  [ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VILIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vilify 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 vilify in English.

WHAT DOES VILIFY 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".

Definition of vilify in the English dictionary

The definition of vilify in the dictionary is to revile with abusive or defamatory language; malign. Other definition of vilify is to make vile; debase; degrade.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VILIFY

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 vilify
you would vilify
he/she/it would vilify
we would vilify
you would vilify
they would vilify
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 vilify
you would have vilify
he/she/it would have vilify
we would have vilify
you would have vilify
they would have vilify
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VILIFY


alkalify
ˈælkəlɪˌfaɪ
amplify
ˈæmplɪˌfaɪ
anglicize
ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ
anglify
ˈæŋɡlɪˌfaɪ
chylify
ˈkaɪlɪˌfaɪ
coalify
ˈkəʊlɪˌfaɪ
disqualify
dɪsˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
exemplify
ɪɡˈzɛmplɪˌfaɪ
jellify
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfaɪ
jollify
ˈdʒɒlɪˌfaɪ
mollify
ˈmɒlɪˌfaɪ
nullify
ˈnʌlɪˌfaɪ
oversimplify
ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
prequalify
priːˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
qualify
ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
requalify
riːˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪ
salify
ˈsælɪˌfaɪ
simplify
ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
stellify
ˈstɛlɪˌfaɪ
uglify
ˈʌɡlɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VILIFY

vildly
vildness
vile
vilely
vileness
viliaco
vilification
vilified
vilifier
vilifies
vilipend
vilipender
vill
villa
villa home
villa-like
Villa-Lobos
Villach
villadom
village

WORDS THAT END LIKE VILIFY

certify
clarify
classify
diversify
identify
indemnify
intensify
justify
magnify
modify
notify
purify
quantify
rectify
signify
specify
testify
unify
unqualify
verify

Synonyms and antonyms of vilify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VILIFY»

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

Translation of «vilify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VILIFY

Find out the translation of vilify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vilify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vilify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丑化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vilipendiar
570 millions of speakers

English

vilify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गालियां देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поносить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vilipendiar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিন্দা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diffamer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jahat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verunglimpfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

けなす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vilify
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gièm pha
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துஷ்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धिक्कार करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yermek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diffamare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oczerniać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поносити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defăima
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσφημούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sleg praat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vilify
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakvaske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vilify

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VILIFY»

The term «vilify» is regularly used and occupies the 99.663 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VILIFY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vilify

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4 QUOTES WITH «VILIFY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vilify.
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Mike Love
I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.
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Wangari Maathai
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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Orhan Pamuk
The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Alexander Siddig
When one nation is at war with another nation, the political machine does everything it can to vilify the people of the other nation, so it makes it easier to kill them. Which is understandable and it's happened this way throughout history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VILIFY»

Discover the use of vilify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vilify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
Vilify. (1) belittle; criticize; defame; do a hatchet job on; disparage; insult; libel; malign; pillory; pull to pieces; run down; slander; speak ill of; use abusive slanderous language Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) Political elections have become less ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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No. You're Always the Bug: Life Many Will Enter, Few Will Win
Vilify, vilify, vilify, They vilify with the worst of things: Poetry. Me, I sit, broken, cut. Struggling not to stand and leave, not to Vilify, vilify, vilify, Instead pacified, I try to ignore Poetry. I'll have no part of their Poetry. Anymore. Instead, I'll consider ...
Neal Bailey, 2002
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO revile, vilify. REVILE, from the Latin vilis, signifies to reflect upon a person, or retort upon them that which is vile : to VILIFY, signifies to make a thing vile, that is, to set it forth as vile. To revile is a personal act, it is addressed directly to the ...
George Crabb, 1818
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
2. Moral or intellectual baseness.— Then, vileness of mankind. Prior. * V1LIFIER. n. f. [from vilify.] One that vilifies. * To VILIFY, v. a. Ifrom vile.} 1. To debase ; todegrade ; to make vile— Themselves they vilify' d— To serve ungovern'd appetite.
‎1816
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Power Verbs: The Complete Collection
—Aristotle,Greek philosopherand polymath, authorofTheCategories (384– 322 BC) Vilify (1) belittle;criticize; defame; doahatchet job on;disparage; insult; libel; malign; pillory; pulltopieces; run down; slander; speakillof; use abusive slanderous ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
Revisal. to revile, vilify. REVILE, from the Latin vilis, signifies to reflect upon a person, or retort upon him that which is vile : to VILIFY, signifies to make a thing vile, that is to set it forth as vile. To revile is a personal act, it is addressed directly to ...
George Crabb, 1824
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
Wsvilenefj us (hail never awe. Drayt. — The essential vilemfs of matter. Creech. — The vilenest of the clay. Swift. 2. Moral or intellectual baseness.— Then, vilenefs of mankind. Prior. ♢VILIFIER. n./.lfrom vilify.] One that vilifies. * To VILIFY, v. a. ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
n.f. [from vilify J One that vilifies. » To VILIFY, v. a. [from vile.] I. To debase ; todegrade ; to make vile.-,Tbemselves they vilify d— To serve ungovern'd appetite. Milton, a. To defame ; to make contemptible*— To hear his sovereign vili/y'd. Drayt.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and ...
Vilely, Adv. (or wickedty; Mal, tn mal honnête hoï — Vilcness, (vile condition) Bajsejse, vite cen Ahion. VILIFY, Verb Act. (to run down, to de- spift) Mépriser, raviller, + vilipender- To vilify one's Friend , Parler mal de son ami. Vilify'd, Ai). Méprisé ...
Abel Boyer, 1729
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English synonyms explained: with copious illustrations and ...
TO REVILE, VILIFY. Revile^ from the Latin vilis, signifies to reflect upon a person, or retort upon him that which is vile ; to vitrfy, signifies to make a thing vile, that is, to set it forth as vile. To revile is a personal act, it is addressed directly to the ...
George Crabb, 1844

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VILIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vilify is used in the context of the following news items.
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Don't let videos vilify Planned Parenthood
Don't let videos vilify Planned Parenthood. July 25, 2015 | Filed in: National. Comments 2. Dr. Deborah Nucatola, of Planned Parenthood, as seen in video ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
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"It is harder to ignore, vilify or harm those with whom we have broken …
The Virtual Dinner Guest Project is an international multimedia initiative that brings people across various cultures together at the dinner table. Breaking bread ... «Qantara.de, Jul 15»
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The Best Way to Vilify Hillary Clinton? GOP Spends Heavily to Test It
The effort to vilify Mrs. Clinton could ultimately cost several hundred million dollars, given the variety and volume of political organizations involved. The typical ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Janice Dickinson's Lawyer: How Dare Cosby's Attorneys 'Publicly …
Since Dickinson accused Cosby of rape last year, Bloom said her client has been the target of attacks from Cosby's team in an attempt to "publicly vilify" ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Sam Alito worried that same-sex marriage decision will be used to …
“It will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy,” Alito argued. He complained that the court's liberal majority compared ... «Raw Story, Jun 15»
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Rose McGowan Is "Not Trying to Vilify Adam Sandler," but Says His …
"I'm not trying to vilify Adam Sandler," McGowan says. "Although someone did tell me that when he did his Netflix deal, he said, 'I signed with Netflix because it ... «E! Online, Jun 15»
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Report Russia, China cracking Snowden files 'speculation to vilify
This is another attempt to vilify Edward Snowden. It has been done before, so there is nothing new to it. When you call this a report…I always say let's look at the ... «RT, Jun 15»
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James Franco: We tried not to 'vilify' ex-gay activist Michael Glatze …
James Franco has spoken of the ex-gay activist he portrays in the film 'Michael', saying those behind the film tried not to “vilify” him. The film 'I am Michael' will ... «PinkNews, Jun 15»
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Affluenza defences: Why it pays to vilify the homeless poor in court
How the influence of affluence and privilege as a defence seems quite suited for Indian courts. Isn't it painfully bewildering that a legal defence in a criminal trial ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
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Nationwide poster campaign aims to 'celebrate, not vilify' immigrants
Amid a climate of xenophobia as we head towards the general election, a campaign has been launched to celebrate the positive effects migrants have on our ... «The Independent, Feb 15»

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