'Vilifying' definitions:
Definition of 'Vilifying'
From: GCIDE
- Vilify \Vil"i*fy\ (v[i^]l"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vilified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying.] [L. vilis vile + -fy; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value.]
- 1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I do vilify your censure. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vilifying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- backbiting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- condemnatory,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- damnatory,
- defamatory,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- disparaging,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- judgmental,
- libelous,
- maligning,
- minimizing,
- objurgatory,
- pejorative,
- priggish,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scoffing,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- vituperative