VILIFICATION

abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification

(noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; “when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse”; “they yelled insults at the visiting team”

smear, vilification, malignment

(noun) slanderous defamation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

vilification (countable and uncountable, plural vilifications)

slanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination

Source: Wiktionary


Vil`i*fi*ca"tion, n.

Definition: The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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