Definitions for vilifies

vilifies vil·i·fy

Spelling: [vil-uh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈvɪl əˌfaɪ/

Vilifies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in vilifies (efiiilsv).

Definitions for vilifies

verb (used with object)

  1. to speak ill of; defame; slander.
  2. Obsolete. to make vile.

Origin of vilifies

First recorded in 1400-50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word vīlificāre. See vile, -fy

Examples for vilifies

With few Yankees left to vilify, Venezuela continues its slow motion spin into disrepair.

Oh, fling him into a crater; that will teach him to vilify his betters.

But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.

And there is the additional fear in these types of cases that the public will vilify the victim, not a celebrity wrongdoer.

The vulgar, wherever he passed, were instigated to reproach and vilify him.

If you are his friend, why do you vilify and slander him behind his back?

Rather than vilify Republicans for their defense of the wealthy, he returned again to trying to win the intellectual high ground.

Once upon a pre-feminist time, it was more common to vilify the woman.

If they were not impartial, this man would never have dared to vilify them.

"Even that may be more pardonable than to vilify a good one," said Mary.

Word Value for vilifies
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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