- vilipending
- v. contemn, treat with contempt; despise; disparage, slight
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
backbiting — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vilipending, vituperation; yellow journalism, mud slinging, muck raking; slur, defilement, blot, blot on the escutcheon, smear, smirch, stain, taint, attaint, tarnish, spot, blackening, black spot or… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
censorious — adj critical, faultfinding, captious, carping; complaining, animadversional, nagging, hair splitting, querulous, caviling; caustic, biting, vitriolic, cutting, trenchant, severe; disparaging, berating, derogatory, disapproving, disapprobatory,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
condemnation — n 1. censure, reprehension, animadversion, criticism, remonstration, remonstrance; disapprobation, disapproval, objection, disparagement, deprecation; reproof, reproach, rebuke, reprimand, stricture; denunciation, denouncing, execration,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
reprimand — n 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking to, lecture,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
scolding — n reprimand, chiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, castigation; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the wrists; talking to, lecture, admonishment,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder