"vilify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈvɪl.ɪ.faɪ/ Audio: en-us-vilify.ogg [US], en-au-vilify.ogg [Australia] Forms: vilifies [present, singular, third-person], vilifying [participle, present], vilified [participle, past], vilified [past]
Etymology: From Late Latin vīlificāre, present active infinitive of vīlificō (“vilify”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|vīlificāre}} Late Latin vīlificāre, {{m|la|vīlificō||vilify}} vīlificō (“vilify”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} vilify (third-person singular simple present vilifies, present participle vilifying, simple past and past participle vilified)
  1. (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. Tags: transitive Translations (say defamatory things about; to speak ill of): κακηγορέω (kakēgoréō) (Ancient Greek), pisləmək (Azerbaijani), yamanlamaq (Azerbaijani), qaralamaq (Azerbaijani), клеветя (klevetja) (Bulgarian), очерням (očernjam) (Bulgarian), 詆毀 (Chinese Mandarin), 诋毁 (dǐhuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 醜化 (Chinese Mandarin), 丑化 (chǒuhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), pomluvit [perfective] (Czech), pomlouvat [imperfective] (Czech), hanět [imperfective] (Czech), pohanět [perfective] (Czech), očernit [perfective] (Czech), verguizen (Dutch), d-s-i-A2 (dsj) (Egyptian), diffamer (French), vilipender (French), deostar (Galician), denigrar (Galician), გაშავება (gašaveba) (Georgian), გალანძღვა (galanʒɣva) (Georgian), ძაგება (ʒageba) (Georgian), diffamieren (German), verleumden (German), verunglimpfen (German), verteufeln (German), rágalmaz (Hungarian), denigrare (Italian), vilipendere (Italian), 貶す (kenasu) (Japanese), 謗る (soshiru) (Japanese), whakahariharitae (Maori), oczerniać (Polish), vilificar (Portuguese), vilipendiar (Portuguese), difamar (Portuguese), denigra (Romanian), очерня́ть (očernjátʹ) (Russian), поноси́ть (ponosítʹ) (Russian), càin (Scottish Gaelic), vilipendiar (Spanish), yermek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vilify-en-verb-u9Jh~E90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Synonyms: abuse, assail, criticize, decry, denigrate, demonize, denounce, libel, revile, slander, run down, defame Disambiguation of 'say defamatory things about; to speak ill of': 90 10
  2. (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down. Tags: transitive Synonyms: berate, criticize Translations (denounce, belittle through speech): urazit [perfective] (Czech), ponížit [perfective] (Czech), hanět [imperfective] (Czech), špinit [imperfective] (Czech), pošpinit [perfective] (Czech), ponižovat [imperfective] (Czech), urážet [imperfective] (Czech), pohanět [perfective] (Czech), očernit [perfective] (Czech), kleineren (Dutch), panetella (Finnish), dénigrer (French), vilipender (French), denigrar (Galician), დამცირება (damcireba) (Georgian), ძაგება (ʒageba) (Georgian), herabwürdigen (German), heruntermachen (German), schlechtmachen (German), herunterputzen (German), 貶める (otoshimeru) (Japanese), whakahariharitae (Maori), potępiać (Polish), difamar (Portuguese), diminuir (Portuguese), унижа́ть (unižátʹ) (Russian), опуска́ть (opuskátʹ) [colloquial] (Russian), càin (Scottish Gaelic), azarlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vilify-en-verb-ovIxFEgH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'denounce, belittle through speech': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vilification, vilifiable, vilifier Related terms: vile

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          "word": "abuse"
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          "word": "decry"
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          "word": "demonize"
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          "word": "revile"
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          "word": "slander"
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          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
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          "roman": "očernjam",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "詆毀"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
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          "word": "pomlouvat"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "diffamer"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "vilipender"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "deostar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gašaveba",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "გაშავება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "galanʒɣva",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "გალანძღვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒageba",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "ძაგება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "diffamieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "verleumden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "verunglimpfen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "verteufeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kakēgoréō",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "κακηγορέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "rágalmaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "denigrare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "vilipendere"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kenasu",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "貶す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "soshiru",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "謗る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "whakahariharitae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "oczerniać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "vilificar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "vilipendiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "difamar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "denigra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "očernjátʹ",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "очерня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ponosítʹ",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "поноси́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "càin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "vilipendiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
          "word": "yermek"
        }
      ]
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          "word": "praise"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 March 2, Jason Scott, 王晰宁 [Wang Xining], “China Rips Murdoch’s News Corp. for Reports on Pandemic Origins”, in Bloomberg News, archived from the original on 2021-03-03",
          "text": "\"Those who deliberately vilify China and sabotage the friendship between our two countries and do damage to our long-term friendship and benefits out of their sectoral or selfish interest will be cast aside in history,” he said. “Their children will be ashamed of mentioning their names.\"",
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        "(transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down."
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        {
          "word": "berate"
        },
        {
          "word": "criticize"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "urazit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "ponížit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "hanět"
        },
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "špinit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "pošpinit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ponižovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "urážet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pohanět"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "očernit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "kleineren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "panetella"
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "dénigrer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "vilipender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "denigrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "damcireba",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "დამცირება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒageba",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "ძაგება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "herabwürdigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "heruntermachen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "schlechtmachen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "herunterputzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otoshimeru",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "貶める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "whakahariharitae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "potępiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "difamar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "diminuir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "unižátʹ",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
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          ],
          "word": "опуска́ть"
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "càin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
          "word": "azarlamak"
        }
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations"
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      "word": "vilification"
    },
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      "word": "vilifiable"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "vile"
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          "word": "glorify"
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          "word": "praise"
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        "To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of."
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          "speak ill of"
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        "(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of."
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          "word": "abuse"
        },
        {
          "word": "assail"
        },
        {
          "word": "criticize"
        },
        {
          "word": "decry"
        },
        {
          "word": "denigrate"
        },
        {
          "word": "demonize"
        },
        {
          "word": "denounce"
        },
        {
          "word": "libel"
        },
        {
          "word": "revile"
        },
        {
          "word": "slander"
        },
        {
          "word": "run down"
        },
        {
          "word": "defame"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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          "word": "glorify"
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        {
          "word": "praise"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2021 March 2, Jason Scott, 王晰宁 [Wang Xining], “China Rips Murdoch’s News Corp. for Reports on Pandemic Origins”, in Bloomberg News, archived from the original on 2021-03-03",
          "text": "\"Those who deliberately vilify China and sabotage the friendship between our two countries and do damage to our long-term friendship and benefits out of their sectoral or selfish interest will be cast aside in history,” he said. “Their children will be ashamed of mentioning their names.\"",
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        }
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        "To belittle through speech; to put down."
      ],
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        [
          "put down",
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        "(transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "berate"
        },
        {
          "word": "criticize"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "pisləmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "yamanlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "qaralamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "klevetja",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "клеветя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očernjam",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "очерням"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "詆毀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǐhuǐ",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "诋毁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "醜化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǒuhuà",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "丑化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pomluvit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pomlouvat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hanět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pohanět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "očernit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "verguizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "dsj",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "d-s-i-A2"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "diffamer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "vilipender"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "deostar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gašaveba",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "გაშავება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "galanʒɣva",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "გალანძღვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒageba",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "ძაგება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "diffamieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "verleumden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "verunglimpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "verteufeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kakēgoréō",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "κακηγορέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "rágalmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "denigrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "vilipendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenasu",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "貶す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "soshiru",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "謗る"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "whakahariharitae"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "oczerniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "vilificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "vilipendiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "difamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "denigra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očernjátʹ",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "очерня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponosítʹ",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "поноси́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "càin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "vilipendiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "say defamatory things about; to speak ill of",
      "word": "yermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "urazit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ponížit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "hanět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "špinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pošpinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ponižovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "urážet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pohanět"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "očernit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "kleineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "panetella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "dénigrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "vilipender"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "denigrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "damcireba",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "დამცირება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒageba",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "ძაგება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "herabwürdigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "heruntermachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "schlechtmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "herunterputzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otoshimeru",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "貶める"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "whakahariharitae"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "potępiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "difamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "diminuir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unižátʹ",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "унижа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opuskátʹ",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "опуска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "càin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "denounce, belittle through speech",
      "word": "azarlamak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilify"
}

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