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How do you use Vilify in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like revile or rail, plus the exact meaning.

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Vilify in a sentence

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Vilify meaning

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

Synonyms of Vilify

revile vituperate rail abuse clapperclaw blackguard shout

Using Vilify

  • The main meaning on this page is: To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. | To belittle through speech; to put down.
  • Useful related words include: revile, vituperate, rail, abuse.
  • In the example corpus, vilify often appears in combinations such as: to vilify, and vilify, or vilify.

Context around Vilify

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Vilify

  • In this selection, "vilify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, constantly, publicly, kennedy, china, public and others stand out and add context to how "vilify" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include blanche to vilify public servants and capacity to vilify the respect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vilify" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vilify

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Vilify them with responsibility for what their followers see as bad. (11 words)

His presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify public servants who are simply doing their jobs. (19 words)

Rape culture is an invented thing trying to vilify all men as if men all think this is OK. (19 words)

Instead of trying to find a way to work with him on his human failing, we constantly vilify him while always glorifying Mr. Guardiola who seem to have a problem working with African players wherever he has been. (38 words)

Building on his 1986 tactic of using television cameras to dehumanise and vilify an immigrant community, his policing policies and response to the Mr Diallo murder as mayor framed immigrants as less than full members of the community. (38 words)

The rationale of this judgment was that a true criticism of government has a greater capacity to vilify the respect commanded by the government and cause disorder, and therefore needs a higher degree of prohibition. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning accused unnamed parties of trying to smear or vilify China – even amid continued calls for China to provide full access to information from its Wuhan facility.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning accused unnamed parties of trying to smear or vilify China following the Department of Energy's report.

His presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify public servants who are simply doing their jobs.

Instead of trying to find a way to work with him on his human failing, we constantly vilify him while always glorifying Mr. Guardiola who seem to have a problem working with African players wherever he has been.

Justice Nagarathna stressed: “Why cannot the citizens of this country take a pledge to not vilify others and what kind of pleasures we are deriving by making these speeches”.

We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings and vilify them night after night on the evening news.

You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them – the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things.

First of all, it is not customary for democratic societies to vilify or condemn groups of people based on external characteristics.

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It is interesting to note however that in this same jurisdiction it is still unlawful for someone to publicly vilify you for your religious conviction by inciting severe ridicule.

It's certainly not to vilify anyone for their lifestyle, but rather to make sure you aren't sending the wrong signals to the people in your neighborhood.

Rape culture is an invented thing trying to vilify all men as if men all think this is OK.

That’s why we talk about transnational identities, and they could have multiple allegiances as a result — which led many to vilify immigrants, which I think was part of what produced Johnson-Reed.

This FEC complaint is just another of desperate DNC tactic to defame Kennedy, vilify him and drain his campaign funds.

Yet, immigrants, as history shows, are an easy target to vilify and blame for crime and job loss, regardless if they’re here legally or not.

Rajeev Dhyani in his political satire, took a dig on the Maulanas who participate in the TV debates giving the panellists a chance to vilify their own community.

Still, no matter how far-fetched, we should not be surprised to know that he is prepared to use any means necessary to vilify his enemies.

The rationale of this judgment was that a true criticism of government has a greater capacity to vilify the respect commanded by the government and cause disorder, and therefore needs a higher degree of prohibition.

There is no doubt in my mind the Al Jazeera’s systematic slant, bias and distortions on Ethiopia are calculated to blacken Ethiopia’s international image and vilify its people.

Vilify them with responsibility for what their followers see as bad.

Building on his 1986 tactic of using television cameras to dehumanise and vilify an immigrant community, his policing policies and response to the Mr Diallo murder as mayor framed immigrants as less than full members of the community.

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Common combinations with vilify

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vilify" in a sentence?
An example: "Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning accused unnamed parties of trying to smear or vilify China – even amid continued calls for China to provide full access to information from its Wuhan facility." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "vilify" from authentic English texts.
What does "vilify" mean?
Vilify means: To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
What are synonyms of "vilify"?
Common synonyms of "vilify" include: revile, vituperate, rail, abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout.
How many example sentences with "vilify" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "vilify", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.