Vilification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vilification \Vil`i*fi*ca"tion\
     (v[i^]l`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
     The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  vilification
       n 1: slanderous defamation [syn: {smear}, {malignment}]
       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" [syn: {abuse},
          {insult}, {revilement}, {contumely}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "vilification":
     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