0 past simple and past participle of vilify --
1 to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them: --
That shows that the commission is a good and humane body which should not be vilified.
I do not seek an investigation so that people can be vilified.
Lawyers in this country, as in many others, are vilified day by day because of the obsessional media interest in what they earn.
It is no argument that we should be less vilified and more comfortable and happy in every way if we stopped.
Certain members of the community have been vilified by pernicious legislation, and this should be an opportunity for us to remove it.
It was then vilified in the press because it had taken up an issue relating to safety and quality control.
They were traduced, vilified, mocked—every conceivable thing was said about them; but it worked.
She will be vilified in the press.
