vilify
verb
[ ˈvɪlɪfʌɪ ]
• speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
• "he has been vilified in the press"
Similar:
disparage,
denigrate,
defame,
run down,
revile,
berate,
belittle,
abuse,
insult,
slight,
attack,
speak ill of,
speak evil of,
pour scorn on,
cast aspersions on,
criticize,
censure,
condemn,
decry,
denounce,
pillory,
lambast,
fulminate against,
rail against,
inveigh against,
malign,
slander,
libel,
spread lies about,
blacken the name/reputation of,
sully the reputation of,
give someone a bad name,
bring someone into disrepute,
discredit,
stigmatize,
traduce,
calumniate,
impugn,
slur,
do down,
do a hatchet job on,
take to pieces,
pull apart,
throw mud at,
drag through the mud,
have a go at,
hit out at,
jump on,
lay into,
tear into,
knock,
slam,
pan,
bash,
hammer,
roast,
skewer,
bad-mouth,
throw brickbats at,
rubbish,
slag off,
monster,
slate,
pummel,
dump on,
bag,
contemn,
derogate,
vituperate,
asperse,
vilipend,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value’ (see vile).
