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vilification
Found in thesaurus: obloquy, defamation, traducement, calumniation, calumny, hatchet job, disrespect, discourtesy
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vilification
n.
slander
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Defamation
Defamation—also calumny, vilification, and traducement—is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual person, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.
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vilification
Noun
1. slanderous defamation
(synonym) smear, malignment
(hypernym) defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
(derivation) vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
(synonym) abuse, insult, revilement, contumely
(hypernym) disrespect, discourtesy
(hyponym) low blow
(derivation) vilify, revile, vituperate, rail
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Vilification
(n.)
The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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vilification
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade, tongue-lashing, vituperation
abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words, blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade, tongue-lashing, vituperation
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