vilipend
2 synonyms and 3 antonyms for vilipend, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To regard someone or something as unimportant or worthless.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
To regard someone or something as unimportant or worthless.
Opposites
2. verb
To speak about someone in a way that damages their reputation.
“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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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-...
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