English-Thai Dictionary

vilify

VT ใส่ความ  พูด ดูถูก  กล่าว ให้ร้าย  ทำให้ เสียชื่อเสียง ,ให้ร้าย  slander defame malign sai-kwam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VILIFY

v.t.[from vile. ] 1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade.
Their Maker's image forsook them, when themselves they vilified to serve ungovern'd appetite.
2. To defame; to traduce; to attempt to degrade by slander.
Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
[This is the most usual sense of the verb. ]

 

VILIFYING

ppr. Debasing; defaming.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VILIFY

Vil "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vilified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vilifying. ]Etym: [L. vilis vile + -fly; cf. L. vilificare to esteem of little value. ]

 

1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. [R.] When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite. Milton.

 

2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. I. Taylor. Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. Addison.

 

3. To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs. ] I do vilify your censure. Beau. & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vilify

vil i fy |ˈviləˌfī ˈvɪləˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( vilifies, vilifying, vilified ) [ with obj. ] speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner: he has been vilified in the press. DERIVATIVES vil i fi er noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value ’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value ’ (see vile ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

vilify

vilify |ˈvɪlɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( vilifies, vilifying, vilified ) [ with obj. ] speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner: he has been vilified in the press. DERIVATIVES vilifier noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘lower in value ’): from late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilis ‘of low value ’ (see vile ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vilify

vilify verb the press has eagerly vilified Smith and her attorneys: disparage, denigrate, defame, run down, revile, abuse, speak ill of, criticize, condemn, denounce; malign, slander, libel, slur; informal tear apart /into, lay into, slam, badmouth, dis, crucify; formal derogate, calumniate. ANTONYMS commend.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vilify

vilify verb the media vilified several of the election candidates: disparage, denigrate, defame, run down, revile, berate, belittle, abuse, insult, slight, attack, speak ill of, speak evil of, pour scorn on, cast aspersions on, criticize, censure, condemn, decry, denounce, pillory, lambaste; fulminate against, rail against, inveigh against, malign, slander, libel, conduct a smear campaign against, spread lies about, blacken the name /reputation of, sully the reputation of, give someone a bad name, bring someone into disrepute, discredit, stigmatize, traduce, calumniate, impugn; N. Amer. slur; informal do down, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, throw mud at, drag through the mud, slate, have a go at, hit out at, jump on, lay into, tear into, knock, slam, pan, bash, hammer, roast, skewer, bad-mouth, throw brickbats at; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off, monster; N. Amer. informal pummel, dump on; Austral. /NZ informal bag; archaic contemn; rare derogate, vituperate, asperse, vilipend. ANTONYMS commend, lionize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vilify

vil i fy /vɪ́lɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠(いわれなく )…の悪口を言う, …を中傷する .vil i fi ca tion /vɪ̀lɪfɪkéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 v í l i f ì er 名詞