as in to libel
to make untrue and harmful statements about
claimed that she had been vilified by the press because of her conservative views
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Recent Examples of vilify
Librarians said they felt vilified by some residents who called them pedophiles and groomers in public and online.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
Trump’s presidential campaign spent about $215 million on advertising that vilified transgender Americans, according to the lawsuit.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Utah is poised to abolish its practice of automatically mailing ballots to all voters, handing a victory to President Donald Trump and his Republican allies who have vilified voting by mail since his 2020 election defeat.
—arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Unlike carbohydrates and fats, protein is the only one of the three macronutrients that doesn’t get vilified – instead of cutting back, we’re encouraged to boost our intake.
—New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vilify
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As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.—
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Wright got so big on social media even Piers Morgan invited her to libel Jay Z and Beyonce on his platform.—
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By that point the sweatshirt was smeared with their many flavors on offer: chocolate, pistachio and Biscoff.—
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Assailants have stalked them in public and smeared them online.—
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Trump World even humiliated Abe by letting it be known that Abe had nominated the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize.—
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The temptation for Russia to humiliate London and Paris - by breaking any ceasefire with an attack carried out hundreds of miles away from British and French troops stuck in the capital - could prove hard to resist.—
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Influencers and consumers alike took to platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to discredit the brand and show their support for competitors such as Olipop.—
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Roberts had been a judge for only about two years when he was nominated for the Supreme Court, so his judicial record was quite thin, and some Democrats and their allies hoped to point to his work as a lawyer to discredit him.—
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The network is still fighting another lawsuit from voting machine firm Dominion Voting Systems, which sued the company for $1.6 billion in damages in August 2021, alleging that Newsmax defamed Dominion in its coverage of the 2020 election.—
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In January, Baldwin filed a lawsuit alleging prosecutors violated his civil rights and defamed him.—
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“Vilify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vilify. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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