Vilify – Malign; Make Malicious or Abusive statements

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Pronounced as Will or Vill (emphasized) + Uh + Fi or Fy (rhyming with By) {Listen to it here}

It comes from Latin Vilificare meaning to hold cheap which itself comes from Latin Vilis meaning worthless.

Situational Uses / Sentences:

• The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews.
• Media and the press vilified the individuals who were held as terrorists, without waiting for the trial to conclude.

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