Definitions for vilify

vilify vil·i·fy

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

Vilify is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in vilify (fiilvy).

Definitions for vilify

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of vilify

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

Examples for vilify

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Word Value for vilify
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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