Vilifier

vil·i·fy  (vl-f)

tr.v. vil·i·fied, vil·i·fy·ing, vil·i·fies

To make vicious and defamatory statements about. See Synonyms at malign.

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[Middle English vilifien, from Late Latin vlificre, to hold cheap : Latin vlis, cheap; see wes-³ in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficre, -fy.]

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vili·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

vili·fier n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

vilifier - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer depreciator, detractor, disparager, knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something