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vilifyvil‧i‧fy /ˈvɪlɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle vilified, present participle vilifying) [transitive] vilifyOrigin: 1400-1500 Late Latin vilificare ‘to make less valuable’, from Latin vilis ( ➔ VILE) + facere ‘to make’ VERB TABLEvilify |
Present | I, you, we, they | vilify | | he, she, it | vilifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vilified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vilified | | he, she, it | has vilified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vilified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vilify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vilified |
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Present | I | am vilifying | | he, she, it | is vilifying | | you, we, they | are vilifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was vilifying | | you, we, they | were vilifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vilifying | | he, she, it | has been vilifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vilifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vilifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vilifying |
- Stevens has been vilified by his opponents in the press.
- Governments interested in publicity and propaganda have published much under the impulse of the urge to justify themselves and vilify their opponents.
- He was never vilified in the press as Robson was.
- Labour, vilified as likely to spoil the Tory prosperity, remained a weak and uninspiring political force.
- Many welfare opponents vilify recipients as lazy and immoral cheats and con artists.
- The problem is to address this kind of thing without vilifying one group and making martyrs of another.
formal to say or write bad things about someone or somethingvilify somebody/something for (doing) something Johnson was vilified in the press for refusing to resign.—vilification /ˌvɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |