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
- ‘And the final question
- can we in our profession discuss these issues in a calm
- mutually respectful way without criticizing
- belittling or vilifying one another?’
- ‘To vilify the ancient and heavenly act of smoking is to belittle one of life's most wicked and pleasurable of indulgences.’
- ‘We should value our capitalist system without romanticizing it
- and understand and try to mitigate its defects without vilifying it.’
- ‘Those who dislike speech or publications vilifying certain groups should speak out in their defence
- not use the law to punish unwelcome opinions.’
- ‘When anybody calls their bluff and punctures this self-delusion
- they can only cope by insulting and vilifying their critics.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘The Essex-born player was vilified in the press and effigies of him were hung in streets.’
- ‘At the same time this freedom can get used and abused to vilify the same government that helped to bring about our liberation.’
- ‘During the tour
- the press vilified the rockers as bad-mouthed
- loud
- gaudy and unkempt.’
- ‘As a result he was vilified by the right-wing press
- which even published a copy of his birth certificate.’
- ‘People should be supporting people like me
- not vilifying me.’
- ‘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
- it could be rebuilt.’
- ‘History books alternate between praising and vilifying him.’
- ‘The fair-weather friends have evidently evaporated into thin air
- effectively abandoning him and vilifying his illustrious name.’
- ‘The SPLA claims the raids were an attempt to defame and vilify teachers and demanded that the government discipline the inspectors involved.’
- ‘You speak of democracy but vilify those that dare speak against your hero.’
- ‘He has been vilified
- discredited and discarded in a manner usually reserved for world class failures.’
- ‘How long will it be before the French working class as a whole is vilified in this manner?’
- ‘They maligned and vilified him
- and tried to inter the good that he did with his bones.’
- ‘Shooters
- hunters and firearms owners are frequently vilified by the general press.’