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vilipender — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • malign verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
  • vilify verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
  • vilipend verb To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.

Senses

vilipender is used for these senses in English:

  • malign (transitive) To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
  • vilify (transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
  • vilify (transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.
  • vilipend (transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.

malign — full definition

  1. verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
  2. adj Evil or harmful in nature or intent.

vilify — full definition

  1. verb To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
  2. verb To belittle through speech; to put down.

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