Dictionary entry

Vilify

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlɪfʌɪ/

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪlɪfʌɪ/

Myanmar Meaning

အသရေပျက်စေသည်၊ သိက္ခာကျစေသည်။ ပျက်စီးစေသည်။

Definition

vilify /'vÇlÇfaÇ/ v ( pt,pp -fied ) ( fml ) အမနာပေျပာသည္။ သားပုပ္ ေလလြင့္ေျပာသည္။ She was vilified by the press for her unfashionable views. ❏ vilification /vÇlÇfÇ'keÇʃn/ n [U] အမနာပေျပာျခင္း။ သားပုပ္ေလလြင့္ေျပာျခင္း။ face public vilification.

Examples

  1. ‘And the final question
  2. can we in our profession discuss these issues in a calm
  3. mutually respectful way without criticizing
  4. belittling or vilifying one another?’
  5. ‘To vilify the ancient and heavenly act of smoking is to belittle one of life's most wicked and pleasurable of indulgences.’
  6. ‘We should value our capitalist system without romanticizing it
  7. and understand and try to mitigate its defects without vilifying it.’
  8. ‘Those who dislike speech or publications vilifying certain groups should speak out in their defence
  9. not use the law to punish unwelcome opinions.’
  10. ‘When anybody calls their bluff and punctures this self-delusion
  11. they can only cope by insulting and vilifying their critics.’
  12. ‘It's probably worth noting at this point that Raël has waged a long war on the media - vilifying them through press releases for publishing mean things about him.’
  13. ‘The Essex-born player was vilified in the press and effigies of him were hung in streets.’
  14. ‘At the same time this freedom can get used and abused to vilify the same government that helped to bring about our liberation.’
  15. ‘During the tour
  16. the press vilified the rockers as bad-mouthed
  17. loud
  18. gaudy and unkempt.’
  19. ‘As a result he was vilified by the right-wing press
  20. which even published a copy of his birth certificate.’
  21. ‘People should be supporting people like me
  22. not vilifying me.’
  23. ‘The SF president also launched attacks on the Government for trying to vilify the party but argued that while the peace process was in tatters
  24. it could be rebuilt.’
  25. ‘History books alternate between praising and vilifying him.’
  26. ‘The fair-weather friends have evidently evaporated into thin air
  27. effectively abandoning him and vilifying his illustrious name.’
  28. ‘The SPLA claims the raids were an attempt to defame and vilify teachers and demanded that the government discipline the inspectors involved.’
  29. ‘You speak of democracy but vilify those that dare speak against your hero.’
  30. ‘He has been vilified
  31. discredited and discarded in a manner usually reserved for world class failures.’
  32. ‘How long will it be before the French working class as a whole is vilified in this manner?’
  33. ‘They maligned and vilified him
  34. and tried to inter the good that he did with his bones.’
  35. ‘Shooters
  36. hunters and firearms owners are frequently vilified by the general press.’