"vilipend" meaning in English

See vilipend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-vilipend.wav Forms: vilipends [present, singular, third-person], vilipending [participle, present], vilipended [participle, past], vilipended [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], vilipend [infinitive]
Etymology: From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wes-|*(s)pend-|id1=sell}}, {{inh|en|enm|vilipenden|t=to treat (something) as contemptible}} Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”), {{nb...|philipend, vylypende|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|fro|vilipender}} Old French vilipender, {{cog|fr|vilipender|t=to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify}} French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”), {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|vilipendō}} Latin vilipendō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*wes-|id=sell|t=to buy, sell}} Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-|t=to stretch}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”), {{cog|it|vilipendere|t=to despise, scorn, vilipend}} Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), {{cog|pt|vilipendiar|t=to vilify}} Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), {{cog|es|vilipendiar|t=to vilify}} Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} vilipend (third-person singular simple present vilipends, present participle vilipending, simple past and past participle vilipended) Inflection templates: {{en-conj-simple|pres_3sg_old=vilipendeth}}
  1. (transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on. Tags: dated, formal, transitive Synonyms: belittle, contemn, misprize, slight Translations (to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise): подценявам (podcenjavam) (Bulgarian), презирам (preziram) (Bulgarian), verachten (Dutch), vilipender (French), mépriser (French), vilipendere (Italian), презира́ть (prezirátʹ) (Russian), vilipènniri (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-vilipend-en-verb-Su2PGVXo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise': 97 3
  2. (transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify. Tags: dated, formal, transitive Synonyms: abuse, disparage, derogate, defame Translations (to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify): злословя (zloslovja) (Bulgarian), dénigrer (French), vilipendere (Italian), diffamare (Italian), oltraggiare (Italian), vilipendiar (Portuguese), клевета́ть (klevetátʹ) (Russian), поро́чить (poróčitʹ) (Russian), nciuriari (Sicilian), sdillèggiri (Sicilian), vilipènniri (Sicilian), vilipendiar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vilipend-en-verb-9tR7zUJd Disambiguation of 'to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vilipended [adjective], vilipender, vilipending [adjective, noun] Related terms: vilification, vilifier, vilify

Inflected forms

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        "To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on."
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        "(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on."
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        {
          "word": "belittle"
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        {
          "word": "contemn"
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        {
          "word": "misprize"
        },
        {
          "word": "slight"
        }
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "podcenjavam",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "подценявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "preziram",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "презирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "verachten"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "vilipender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "mépriser"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "vilipendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prezirátʹ",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "презира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
          "word": "vilipènniri"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1853 July 10, “Evil Birds”, in The Colonist, New Zealand: Nelson, page 4:",
          "text": "But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1917, O. W. Firkins, The Nation, The Nation Company, page 176:",
          "text": "But, for all their feint of nonchalance, these young persons have no other task in life but to explain and extol their own conduct and to vilipend their critics and opponents.",
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        "(transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify."
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        {
          "word": "disparage"
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        {
          "word": "derogate"
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        {
          "word": "defame"
        }
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zloslovja",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "злословя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "dénigrer"
        },
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          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "vilipendere"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "diffamare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "oltraggiare"
        },
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          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "vilipendiar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
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          "roman": "klevetátʹ",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "клевета́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "poróčitʹ",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "поро́чить"
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
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          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "nciuriari"
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
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          "word": "sdillèggiri"
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
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        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
          "word": "vilipendiar"
        }
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        "t": "to stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "vilipendere",
        "t": "to despise, scorn, vilipend"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "vilipendiar",
        "t": "to vilify"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "vilipendiar",
        "t": "to vilify"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vilipends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilipending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilipended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilipended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj-simple",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilipend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vilipend (third-person singular simple present vilipends, present participle vilipending, simple past and past participle vilipended)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "vi‧li‧pend"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pres_3sg_old": "vilipendeth"
      },
      "name": "en-conj-simple"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "vilification"
    },
    {
      "word": "vilifier"
    },
    {
      "word": "vilify"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English formal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "treat",
          "treat#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "inconsequential",
          "inconsequential"
        ],
        [
          "worthless",
          "worthless"
        ],
        [
          "despise",
          "despise"
        ],
        [
          "look down on",
          "look down on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "belittle"
        },
        {
          "word": "contemn"
        },
        {
          "word": "misprize"
        },
        {
          "word": "slight"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "formal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English formal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1853 July 10, “Evil Birds”, in The Colonist, New Zealand: Nelson, page 4:",
          "text": "But we desire, most unhesitatingly to condemn and vilipend a system of continual abuse, intended to fall upon the provincial Government, but in reality reaching and injuring the public at large.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, O. W. Firkins, The Nation, The Nation Company, page 176:",
          "text": "But, for all their feint of nonchalance, these young persons have no other task in life but to explain and extol their own conduct and to vilipend their critics and opponents.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "disparaging",
          "disparaging#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "slander",
          "slander#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "vilify",
          "vilify"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abuse"
        },
        {
          "word": "disparage"
        },
        {
          "word": "derogate"
        },
        {
          "word": "defame"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "formal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-vilipend.wav",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podcenjavam",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "подценявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preziram",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "презирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "verachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "vilipender"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "mépriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "vilipendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prezirátʹ",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "презира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless — see also despise",
      "word": "vilipènniri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zloslovja",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "злословя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "dénigrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "vilipendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "diffamare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "oltraggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "vilipendiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klevetátʹ",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "клевета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poróčitʹ",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "поро́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "nciuriari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "sdillèggiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "vilipènniri"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to express a disparaging opinion of — see also disparage, vilify",
      "word": "vilipendiar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vilipend"
}

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