Denigrate vs. Vilify — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Denigrate and Vilify
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Denigrate
To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame
"Speakers before the United States Chamber of Commerce rarely denigrate the businessman as an economic force" (John Kenneth Galbraith).
Vilify
Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner
He has been vilified in the press
Denigrate
To disparage; belittle
The movie critics denigrated the director's latest film.
Vilify
To attack the reputation of (a person or thing) with strong or abusive criticism.
Denigrate
(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
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Vilify
(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
Denigrate
(transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.
You have no right to denigrate people and things that you have no personal experience with.
Vilify
(transitive) To belittle through speech; to put down.
Denigrate
(rare) To blacken.
Vilify
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
When themselves they vilifiedTo serve ungoverned appetite.
Denigrate
To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Vilify
To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.
Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind.
Denigrate
Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
To denigrate the memory of Voltaire.
Vilify
To treat as vile; to despise.
I do vilify your censure.
Denigrate
Belittle;
Don't belittle his influence
Vilify
Spread negative information about;
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
Denigrate
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;
The journalists have defamed me!
The article in the paper sullied my reputation
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