Synonyms for vilifier
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vil-uh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪl əˌfaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for vilifier Other synonyms for the word vilifier
- archenemy
- aristarch
- asperser
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- backbiter
- backseat driver
- bad person
- belittler
- betrayer
- blamer
- calumniator
- carper
- caviler
- censor
- censurer
- complainant
- complainer
- contender
- criticizer
- defamer
- defiler
- disapprover
- disparager
- disputant
- disputer
- doubter
- emulator
- falsifier
- faultfinder
- fifth column
- fretter
- hypercritic
- informer
- inquisitor
- maligner
- muckraker
- mud-slinger
- murderer
- nagger
- niggler
- nit-picker
- nitpicker
- opponent
- opposition
- other side
- panner
- prosecutor
- quibbler
- rebel
- reviler
- revolutionary
- rival
- saboteur
- scolder
- seditionist
- sidewalk superintendent
- slanderer
- spy
- terrorist
- traducer
- traitor
- vilifier
- villain
- worrier
- zapper
Définition of vilifier
Origin :- mid-15c., "to lower in worth or value," from Late Latin vilificare "to make cheap or base," from Latin vilis "cheap, base" (see vile) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to slander, speak evil of" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Vilified, vilifying.
- As in niggler : noun critic
- As in nitpicker : noun critic
- As in quibbler : noun critic
- As in critic : noun faultfinder, detractor
- As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
- Judge was a thief and a spy, yet the Queen, on the petition of his wife, paid the costs of her vilifier.
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 » by Charles L. Graves
- His mother, too, had not repelled the charge directly, but had gone out of her way to heap counter-abuse on the vilifier.
- Extract from : « The Revellers » by Louis Tracy
Antonyms for vilifier
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