vilifier
31detractor — n 1. belittler, disparager, deprecator, derogator, depredator; lampooner, satirist, muckrak er, hack; defamer, vilifier, vilipender, denigrator, scandalizer, impugner, asperser, backbiter, maligner, evil speaker, carper, caviler, Inf. knocker;… …
32foe — n 1. enemy, Literary. foeman, opponent, antagonist, adversary, attacker, combatant; rival, contestant, contender, competitor. 2. ill wisher, backbiter, slanderer, vilifier, traducer, calumniator …
33maligner — n 1. defamer, vilifier, vilipender, vitu perator, denigrator, scandalizer, asperser, impugner, backbiter, evil speaker, carper, caviler, Inf. knocker; censor, reviler, castigator, inveigher, reprover, disapprove^ denouncer, railer, curser,… …
34traducer — n 1. maligner, defamer, calumniator, slanderer, libeler, misrepresenter, liar, Inf. hatchet man; vilifier, asperser, denigrator, smearer, backbiter; defiler, vitiator, blackener, besmircher, mud or dirt flinger. 2. impugner, impeacher, attacker,… …
35vituperator — n 1. censurer, reviler, castigator, inveigher, reprover, disapprover, censor; denouncer, railer, curser, execrator, imprecator, anathematizer, critic; defamer, vilifier, vilipender, denigrator, scan dalizer, impugner, asperser, backbiter,… …
36vilify — /ˈvɪləfaɪ / (say viluhfuy) verb (t) (vilified, vilifying) 1. to speak evil of; defame; traduce: *Existing standards say radio and television broadcasts must not incite hatred or vilify a group on the grounds of race and other factors. –west… …
37οὐδενωτής — vilifier masc nom sg …
38critic — [n1] analyst, interpreter analyzer, annotator, arbiter, authority, caricaturist, cartoonist, commentator, connoisseur, diagnostic, evaluator, expert, expositor, judge, pundit, reviewer, sharpshooter; concept 348 critic [n2] faultfinder, detractor …
39enemy — [n] someone hated or competed against adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person*, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant …
40vilify — [vil′ə fī΄] vt. vilified, vilifying [LL(Ec) vilificare: see VILE & FY] to use abusive or slanderous language about or of; calumniate; revile; defame vilification n. vilifier n …
