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What is another word for vilifying?

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Noun

The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

Adjective

Tending to, or intended to, disparage or belittle

(of language) Offensive or vulgar

Verb

Present participle for to say defamatory things about someone or something

Present participle for to mistreat or do an injustice to

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Noun

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The act of injuring another's reputation through slander

libeling^US

libelling^UK

character assassination

defamation of character

rumor^US

rumour^UK

misrepresentation of character

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

rumours^UK

rumors^US

backhanded compliment

blot on the escutcheon

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

stories^US

offence^UK

storeys^UK

rap over the knuckles

damning portrayal

harsh depiction

disparaging representation

intimate intelligence

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“Livingston's vilifying of the clergy did much to prejudice citizens against the Church.”

Adjective

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Tending to, or intended to, disparage or belittle

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimising^UK

minimizing^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

politically incorrect

ill-humored^US

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Adjective

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(of language) Offensive or vulgar

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

Verb

Present participle for to say defamatory things about someone or something

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

libelling^UK

libeling^US

pummelling^UK

demonising^UK

demonizing^US

casting aspersions on

dragging through the mud

bringing into disrepute

doing a hatchet job on

giving a bad name

throwing mud at

tearing down

throwing brickbats at

blackening the name of

doing down

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

calling down

conducting a smear campaign against

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

belaboring^US

minimising^UK

dragging through the mire

belabouring^UK

spreading scandal about

execrating

backbiting

lashing

bringing discredit to

giving a bad press to

giving someone a roasting

tearing off a strip

running smear campaign

raking over the coals

lecturing

hauling over the coals

tarring and feathering

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a bollocking

rapping over the knuckles

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

running a smear campaign against

making light of

pitching into

nit-picking

blackening someone's name

giving someone a dressing-down

blackening the character of

giving someone a bad press

going for the jugular

dragging someone's name through the mud

passing strictures upon

labelling^UK

labeling^US

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

burning someone's ears

writing false reports about

pinning your ears back

spreading tales about

taking a swipe at

marking wrong

calling names

biting someone's head off

putting someone on the griddle

dragging name through mud

protesting against

putting someone on the hot seat

jumping down one's throat

discoloring^US

giving someone a mouthful

finding lacking

bringing to book

cutting down to size

giving someone an earful

nitpicking over

jumping down someone's throat

corrupting

making unclean

letting someone have it

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

giving something a battering

hitting where one lives

criticizing unfairly

tearing apart

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

giving comeuppance

putting away

knocking off high horse

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

giving something a bad press

shooting full of holes

expressing strong disapproval of

frowning upon

injuring one's reputation

damaging one's good name

putting in a bad light

selling short

preaching

regarding with disgust

showing in a bad light

twitting

feeling disgust for

bringing into disfavour

chaffing

giving someone a wigging

taking to the woodshed

going on at

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving someone some stick

giving someone what for

giving someone a row

blowing up

slapping someone's wrist

keeping after

giving someone a caning

having someone on the carpet

satirizing^US

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

satirising^UK

holding up to ridicule

taking the piss out of

jeering at

heaping scorn on

treating with contempt

look down one's nose at

setting little store by

rating too low

doing an injustice to

lowering the status of

turning your nose up at

expressing disapproval of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

treating disrespectfully

regarding with contempt

turning up one's nose

arguing against

thinking too little of

commenting negatively

reviewing unfavorably

treating contemptuously

failing to appreciate

setting too little store by

losing face

giving a bad name to

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

telling someone to get lost

curling your lip at

saying contemptuously

making cutting remarks about

giving the cold shoulder to

sweeping aside

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

aping

having no use for

refusing to acknowledge

doing an impression of

doing a takeoff of

opposing strongly

taking issue

complaining vociferously about

objecting strongly to

expressing disagreement with

speaking out against

lodging a protest against

taking exception

taking a stand against

raising objections to

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“At the same time this freedom can get used and abused to vilify the same government that helped to bring about our liberation.”

Verb

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Present participle for to mistreat or do an injustice to

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