Definition of Vilified

to have slandered or spoken negatively about someone in a way that brings them down

Examples of Vilified in a sentence

The politician insisted that the news reports were untrue and were only lies that vilified him.  🔊

Clinton felt that she had been vilified because she is a woman, not because she did anything wrong.  🔊

Tabloid articles vilified the actor and made him out to be a money-hungry scumbag.  🔊

Despite how he was vilified in the press, the slandered candidate was able to pull off a shocking win.  🔊

The Big Bad Wolf whined about being vilified and tried to convince the Three Little Pigs that he wasn’t the bad guy everyone made him out to be.  🔊

Other words in the Negative Connotation category:

Most Searched Words (with Video)