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vilify
What does vilify mean?
vilify (verb): spread negative information about.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use vilify in a sentence?
- It was an unwise decision to try to vilify the beloved singer. (Tatoeba sentence #6907523 by swolesuki, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce vilify?
/ˈvɪlɪˌfaɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does vilify come from?
From Late Latin vīlificāre (“vilify”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to vilify
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “vilify” mean?
make better or improve in quality
Not quite: that's what enrich means.
to issue, distribute, or give out
Not quite: that's what dispense means.
spread negative information about
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to collapse heavily or helplessly
Not quite: that's what slump means.
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